Overview
- Darwin Lázaro Valladolid, 34, was shot dead while driving a pickup in Castilla, and his partner was hospitalized with injuries.
- Police say the driver returned fire before being struck twice in the chest, and they are reviewing security-camera footage and witness accounts.
- Witnesses reported multiple assailants on motorcycles, with some accounts citing four shooters and more than 20 shots, details that remain under verification.
- The truck targeted in Castilla is registered to regional health director Yoel Julca, who says it was rented to third parties, and DIRESA Piura denied any institutional link.
- Hours later, a separate attack in Suyo killed Luis Jhairo Jiménez Saavedra, 27, after two men on a motorcycle opened fire, prompting an active investigation and local calls for more policing.