Overview
- Families in Iquitos identified the dead as Frank Luis Pinedo del Campo, 33, a former Navy sailor, and Jair Ayachi Sánchez, 22, who left the Air Force.
- Relatives say both men traveled on September 25 with about 23 other ex‑military Peruvians to enlist as foreign recruits for Ukraine.
- Pinedo’s mother says he may have been hit by an explosive drone while operating in Russian territory, a detail not officially verified.
- Families and community members also fear additional Peruvians have died, naming José Ávila Tuanama, Jean Cristopher Espino Ramírez, and Bacilio Núñez Quispe.
- Appeals have been directed to Peru’s Foreign Ministry and Loreto’s governor Jorge René Chávez for urgent help to repatriate the remains.