Overview
- Security at the Piura men’s penitentiary found multiple small plastic bags of dried plant material with the smell and characteristics of marijuana concealed inside pimentones and ajíes during a package check.
- The visitor carrying the groceries was identified as Jenny Roxana Abad Romero, 47, who has severe visual impairment registered with CONADIS and entered with assistance from 65-year-old Pascual Chero Imán.
- Abad Romero stated she was delivering provisions to her son, inmate Emanuel Francisco Benítez Abad, while Chero Imán said he was bringing food to his son, inmate Alejandro Sullón Ancajima.
- Penitentiary officials informed the Castilla on-duty prosecutor led by Lilia Castillo Chirinos and the National Police anti-drug unit AREANT, and evidence processing and potential charges await forensic confirmation.
- INPE said the intervention aligns with its “No juegues con tu libertad” controls and reported hundreds of comparable attempts to enter contraband at prisons nationwide this year.