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Peru Reports Spate of Killings as Línea 2 Worker Is Slain and Mining Halted in Puno

Authorities launched a homicide inquiry in Callao as press tallies show 5,311 killings this year.

Overview

  • Motorcycle-borne assailants shot two Línea 2 workers outside the Bellavista site in Callao, killing Manuel Emilio Molina and leaving Abel Víctor Itabel Zunini in critical condition at Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrión.
  • The Callao prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation for qualified homicide into the Bellavista attack.
  • Corporación Minera Ananea suspended operations at La Rinconada and Lunar de Oro in Puno indefinitely starting October 3 after a miner was found dead in Ananea.
  • Police in Loreto located the buried body of Chilean national Felipe Carlos del Pozo Muñoz, 71, and detained three people for investigation.
  • In Lima, police found Alexander Valverde Laines dead in the trunk of his car in Breña based on neighbors’ alerts, and La República’s daily count raised the year-to-date homicide total to 5,311.