Overview
- Police detained Cristian Hernán Yong Granadino, 45, as he arrived for work at a facility in Lima’s Lurín district on December 5.
- Investigators verified his identity by matching current fingerprints and using facial-analysis software, with a small forehead scar helping confirm the match.
- Authorities say he lived in Peru for about 15 years under the alias Christhian Mejía Yauri using a falsified national ID.
- Spanish case files cite DNA found at the crime scene and a prebooked flight to Lima after the 2010 killing of 16-year-old Silvia Rodríguez in Leganés.
- Europol added him to Europe’s Most Wanted in 2024, and Interpol issued a red notice shortly after the murder in 2010.