Overview
- Peru’s Lambayeque prosecutors opened a preliminary aggravated-robbery probe after a failed Caja Piura raid where suspect Julio Alejandro Antón Navarro died from a self-inflicted gunshot and police detained Wilson Martínez Compa, with remaining accomplices at large.
- In Pasco’s Ticlacayán, about 32 armed men disguised as police stormed a mining camp, wounded officers, reportedly kidnapped engineer Michael Amaro Peña, and fled with roughly 25 tonnes of ore as regional police deployed a helicopter and ongoing operations continued.
- Separate daytime robberies hit northern Peru, with ‘marcas’ stealing $80,000 from an entrepreneur in Trujillo and three men posing as construction workers taking S/60,000 from Piura’s Derrama Magisterial, where a 17-year-old suspect was detained.
- In Aguascalientes, Mexico, a riot and fire at the state men’s prison left at least three inmates injured, triggered evacuations, and prompted a major security response while families alleged internal extortion and illegal fees as officials said the situation was controlled.
- Mexican authorities are searching for YouTuber Roberto Carlos, known as ‘El Custodio’, after he posted videos claiming he shot three people in Acolman while asserting self-defense, with witnesses disputing his account.