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Peru Bus Plunge Kills 37 as Buenos Aires Train Derails, Triggering Safety Probes

Investigators now focus on alcohol use, equipment failures and oversight gaps across separate cases.

Overview

  • In Arequipa, a Llamosas interprovincial bus fell about 200 meters near km 780 of the Panamericana Sur after a head‑on collision, leaving at least 37 dead and dozens injured.
  • Police said the pickup driver involved, identified as Hennry Branddy Rey Apaclla Ñaupari, tested positive for alcohol and remains under custody, while the bus driver is among the deceased.
  • Buenos Aires’ Sarmiento line derailed near Liniers, injuring about 20 people; service runs only between Castelar and Moreno as a judicial and technical investigation examines a sudden change‑of‑way captured on video.
  • Union officials attribute the derailment to a technical failure in a semi‑automatic switch reportedly installed a week earlier, and Judge Julián Ercolini is overseeing the case with peritaje underway.
  • Separate urban incidents include two bus‑related crashes in Buenos Aires with multiple injuries and ordered alcoholemia tests, a Bogotá taxi driver detained after running over 11 people, and Lima cases involving a bus shooting with no injuries and a fatal hit‑and‑run under investigation.