Overview

• Matías Agustín Ozorio was detained in Lima around mid-morning, and minutes later Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano (‘Pequeño J’) was captured in Pucusana while hiding in a truck.
• The coordinated operation by Peru’s anti-drug directorate, Buenos Aires police and Interpol relied on intercepted phone lines to fix a meeting point and close in on the fugitives.
• Prosecutor Adrián Arribas imposed a 48-hour secrecy order over the case file as forensic examinations of the first seven suspects’ cellphones are scheduled for Friday.
• Authorities are preparing to return both detainees to Argentina, with investigators indicating Ozorio could be expelled while Valverde Victoriano, a Peruvian national, would face extradition.
• Officials say the manhunt continues for two suspects linked to the victims’ transport in a Chevrolet Tracker used the night of the killings.