Overview
- Five alleged members of 'Los Gallegos del Hampa' were arrested in a Lima Norte raid reported in Independencia/Los Olivos, with police seizing firearms, dynamite cartridges and mobile phones.
- Authorities identified the five detainees as Venezuelan nationals, and investigators are examining a possible link to an Oct. 25 homicide on Avenida Universitaria as well as extortion and explosive attacks.
- Dirincri reported dismantling an extortion cell in Villa María del Triunfo tied by police to last week’s attack on the Los Milagros del Señor de Pachacámac transport company, arresting three suspects and seizing a pistol, a revolver, six dynamite cartridges and phones with potential victim contacts.
- Brecc and Dirincri detained six suspected members of 'Los Rápidos de la Zona' in Chorrillos, confiscating a .38 revolver, phones and drugs as the group is probed for armed robberies at restaurants in Lima Sur.
- The coordinated actions occurred under the state of emergency in Lima and Callao, with suspects under legal processing and forensic, ballistics and phone analyses ongoing.