Overview

• At least 13 people died in a triple collision on the Binational Puno–Moquegua highway, with later reports citing 14, including vocalist Felisa Isabel Mendoza Aruquipa (“Bella Flor”) of Muñequita Flor’s.
• Preliminary findings point to a low‑bed trailer parked on the roadway that obstructed visibility and set off a sequence in which a minivan hit a red trailer and was then struck by a white truck carrying lime.
• Police, prosecutors and forensic teams in southern Peru continue identifying victims and assisting hospital transfers for the injured after overnight recovery operations at km 142 near the Desaguadero turnoff.
• In Spain, a 29‑year‑old woman, María Antonia Sánchez, was found dead after a flat fire in Badajoz as National Police and forensics investigate, and a 67‑year‑old man died in a house fire in Cercedilla under Guardia Civil inquiry, with cause undetermined.
• In Lima’s Puente Piedra district, a dump truck overturned onto a car on the Panamericana Norte, killing driver David Cruz García as police detained the truck operator and opened an investigation.