Overview
- Authorities indicated robbery is being ruled out after assailants left the motorcycle and equipment untouched.
- The National Association of Journalists described the case as a likely contract killing and urged identification of those who ordered it.
- Intelligence and investigative teams were sent to Guadalupe and Ciudad de Dios to locate the perpetrators.
- Friends and relatives said Fernando Núñez had been probing municipal projects in Guadalupe and Ciudad de Dios before the attack.
- A colleague reported Núñez received threatening calls months earlier, allegedly from a prison, and the family asked to move the case to Trujillo for impartiality.