Overview
- A failed daytime robbery at a Caja Piura branch in Lambayeque ended with one assailant fatally shooting himself as police closed in; authorities identified the deceased as Julio Alejandro Antón Navarro and named detainees Yangel Palacios Aguilar, alias Loco, and Wilson Martínez Compa, alias El Viejo, while searches continue for accomplices.
- In the Pasco–Huánuco mining belt, reports describe a large armed group—some disguised as police—storming a camp, wounding subofficer Abel Atayauri Chávez and allegedly stealing ore; his family says doctors ordered an urgent transfer to Lima for surgery and they accuse Saludpol of delaying guarantees.
- Police leaders said specialized units, including DIRANDRO support and air assets, were deployed to Ticlacayán and surrounding areas as investigators probe the reported kidnapping of a worker and the theft of roughly 25 tonnes of mineral.
- In Lima’s Chorrillos district, a Plan Cerco operation detained six men linked to Gota a Gota extortion after shots were fired at a public bus, with more than 10 motorcycles, record cards and a replica firearm seized under the supervision of PNP commander Óscar Arriola.
- Separate daytime robberies under scrutiny include a US$80,000 marca heist against a businessman in Trujillo captured on video and a Piura Derrama Magisterial theft of S/60,000 by suspects posing as construction workers, where police detained a 17-year-old known as Pachurris and recovered a revolver; in Mexico, YouTuber El Custodio posted a video claiming he shot alleged invaders, with authorities not confirming an arrest.