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Peru Reels From String of Killings as Police Probe Triple Execution in Lima

Investigators target suspected contract killings across multiple cases as the national homicide count rises.

Overview

  • Police reported three men executed before dawn in a remote zone of San Martín de Porres, with witnesses hearing 10–20 shots and detectives pursuing an ajuste de cuentas line of inquiry.
  • In Piura, attackers sprayed roughly 30 rounds at four friends on a street in Veintiséis de Octubre, killing Jhon Leny Jiménez Riofrio, Jhon Lenno Neyra García and Luis Jhair Caballero Acosta, while Juan Carlos Jaramillo remains hospitalized.
  • A 17-year-old mototaxi worker was fatally shot in San Juan de Lurigancho in a suspected robbery after his phone and shoes were taken, and in Chorrillos Diego Rafael Alzamora Palomino was gunned down in a suspected score-settling.
  • In Huarmey, singer Elvis Junior Reyes Flores was killed by motorcycle-borne gunmen after a performance, and in Puerto Maldonado a woman was shot inside a hotel, with CCTV aiding active police inquiries.
  • In Argentina, the body of Daiana Mendieta was found in a rural well with a gunshot wound to the head, a 55-year-old suspect was ordered into 90 days of preventive custody, and seized firearms are undergoing forensic tests.