Overview

• Carlos Zeballos sent a formal letter to President Santiago Peña requesting a pre-extradition interrogation by Paraguay’s Public Ministry.
• The alleged leader of Los Injertos del Cono Norte was captured in San Lorenzo and remains under preventive custody at the Emboscada maximum-security facility.
• Investigators secured multiple mobile phones and a false passport for forensic analysis to map contacts and movements.
• Erick Moreno has reportedly told authorities he fears for his life if returned to Lima.
• Reporting credits a cross-border operation by Paraguayan, Brazilian and Peruvian police, with DEA participation noted, as Peru pursues inquiries into possible internal leaks that aided prior escapes.