Overview
- Police intercepted a mototaxi near Parque 9 de Octubre and found three dynamite cartridges, three slow‑burn fuses, three mechanical detonators and 9 mm ammunition, leading to the detention of three adult men.
- Udex explosives specialists rendered safe a separate device found outside a local business after officers chased and detained two adolescents who allegedly tried to activate it.
- The two minors were carrying a cellphone and an encendedor and abandoned a motorcycle that police say had an active requisitoria for theft issued by Seprove Piura.
- Authorities have provisionally linked the adults to a group called 'Los Extorsionadores del 09 de Octubre' and the minors to 'Los Choneros del Norte', but those are investigative hypotheses that the Ministerio Público must verify.
- Local police say the operations fit a wider pattern of rising extortion and threats in Sullana and warn that prosecutions and further evidence analysis will determine final charges and legal outcomes.