Overview

• Investigators secured a preliminary judicial detention for Gerardo Chunga Z. on September 22 after intercepting him near his home in Villa El Salvador and seizing mobile devices.
• Authorities raided a hostal in San Juan de Miraflores, detained owner Jaime Calixto and receptionist Sara Sire, and rescued four adolescents aged 15 to 17, including one found pregnant.
• Prosecutors say the suspect used a false profile posing as a woman to contact girls via WhatsApp and Telegram, coerced them through so‑called castings, and created a catalog of sexual images for clients.
• A large cache of illicit images and chats offering minors to supposed clients was found on the detainee’s phone, and the material is undergoing forensic analysis.
• The operation involved specialized PNP units with support from NGO Our Rescue and U.S. HSI, and the Air Force said the detainee had been discharged before the arrest.