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Peru Prosecutors Seek 9 Months’ Pretrial Detention for Driver in Arequipa Bus Disaster

A 9 a.m. hearing will test evidence of a suspected head‑on impact alongside a police blood‑alcohol finding.

Overview

  • The Camaná provincial prosecutor’s office requested nine months of preventive detention for Henrry Apaclla on charges of negligent homicide and negligent injuries.
  • Investigators allege Apaclla’s pickup entered the opposite lane and struck an interprovincial bus, causing the driver to swerve and plunge into a ravine in Ocoña.
  • The crash on the Panamericana Sur at kilometer 780 left 37 people dead and 25 injured, with the bus identified as unit VCG-962 of the Llamosas company.
  • A police report cites an estimated blood‑alcohol concentration of 1.04 g/l for the accused driver, which prosecutors present as evidence of impaired driving.
  • Prosecutors list witness statements and police records among their evidence and note a potential sentence of about eight years and six months if convicted.