Overview
- A Venezuelan man and woman were detained in San Martín de Porres on December 24 during a police operation under the Navidad Segura 2025 plan.
- Authorities allege the pair are members of ‘Los Nuevos Sanguinarios’, identified by police as the armed wing of the criminal group D.E.S.A.
- The group is accused of extorting public transport firms and small retailers in Lima Norte, according to police statements.
- Officers seized a revolver, ammunition, mobile phones, SIM cards, and two motorcycles during the intervention.
- Extortion division chief Gen. Víctor Revoredo cited links to threats against transport companies San Germán and La Estrellita and said 95% of recent arrestees from similar operations have received preventive detention, with judicial processing pending in this case.