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Peru Police Arrest Suspected Lookout in Journalist Juan Fernando Núñez’s Killing

Prosecutors say the detainee tracked the reporter’s movements in a paid hit allegedly coordinated from inside a prison.

Asesinato no debe quedar impune y deben caer todos los criminales que participaron.
La Libertad: capturan a presunto cómplice en crimen del periodista Fernando Núñez cuando buscaba huir a Cajamarca

Overview

  • Divincri agents captured Marcos Lara Cruzado, 32, known as “Gordo Marcos,” in Pacasmayo as he allegedly attempted to flee toward Cajamarca.
  • Authorities are investigating Lara as an accomplice responsible for surveillance and planning, under a preliminary arrest order issued by the San Pedro de Lloc court.
  • Investigators say the December 6 attack was a contract killing for roughly 4,000 soles, with coordination suspected to have occurred from within a penitentiary.
  • A 16-year-old, identified by initials S.J.J.A. and alias “Jeremías,” is serving 18 months of preventive detention after admitting he drove the motorcycle used in the crime.
  • Police and the Fiscalía continue pursuing the gunman and the intellectual authors as they map the broader criminal network behind the assassination.