Overview
- On Friday, September 11, coordinated Fiscalía and PNP actions led to the preliminary detention of 12 alleged members of 'Los Injertos del Tren' accused of extorting transport companies in San Juan de Lurigancho.
- Detectives also arrested Huacho extortion suspects from 'Los Pipos Nueva Generación' and captured four foreign suspects after a Pisco shootout who police say planned a kidnapping.
- Police arrested two 16‑year‑olds in Manchay for a minimarket robbery in which a merchant was shot and investigators seized a firearm, ammunition, masks and suspected drugs.
- Authorities report that leadership has become transnational: investigators allege a member of 'Los Pulpos' is hiding in Chile and Peru has requested detention and extradition while an INPE‑guarded inmate escaped from Hospital Loayza and remains subject to recapture probes.
- The enforcement push responds to a sustained rise in youth violence; official reporting shows 67 adolescent homicides through August 2026 with 46 killed by firearms, and prosecutors warn gangs recruit minors to reduce adult liability and carry out extortion, robberies and attacks.