Overview
- Police in Ucayali captured Hugo Soria Flores in the Manantay district on Tuesday and placed him at the disposal of judicial authorities to begin serving his prison term.
- The Corte Superior de Justicia de Ucayali sentenced Soria Flores in August 2025 to 28 years and three months for the qualified homicide of four Asháninka leaders and found him an indirect author based in part on testimony from a protected witness.
- Soria Flores had been on the Ministry of the Interior’s rewards list with a S/50,000 offer and was located after intelligence-led operations by Región Policial Ucayali.
- His arrest is the second enforcement of the 2025 convictions following the May capture of co-defendant José Carlos Estrada Huayta, while Segundo and Josimar Atachi Félix and Eurico Mapes Gomes remain fugitives and subject to ongoing police searches.
- The case, tied to conflicts over illegal logging, has long been a symbol for indigenous and environmental defenders seeking justice and the capture could strengthen efforts to translate court rulings into actual prison terms and reparations for victims’ families.