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Police Inspectors Jailed in Extortion Case as Killings and a Vigilante Video Jolt Argentina and Peru

New detentions rest on geolocation and video evidence, with probes spanning a neighbor‑feud homicide, a teen’s axe‑knife attack, plus a combi ambush tied to extortion.

Overview

  • Judge María Romilda Servini ordered preventive detention for three Policía de la Ciudad inspectors and a delivery worker accused of a kidnapping‑extortion scheme near the San Lorenzo stadium, citing camera footage, geolocation data and internal records compiled by Fiscalía Federal N°3.
  • In Maquinista Savio (Escobar), Alexis Joaquín Montenegro, 23, was fatally stabbed and a 17‑year‑old was wounded in a long‑running neighbor dispute; a 41‑year‑old apodado “El Paraguayo” was detained, and an urgent search of his Garín home yielded no results.
  • San Justo, La Matanza, recorded a viral vigilante episode in which neighbors tied a man to a vehicle and dragged him about a block; he was identified as Sergio Saccone, reported minor injuries, claimed a confusion and declined assistance as prosecutors opened an inquiry.
  • In Lima, gunmen on a motorcycle shot a packed combi, leaving driver Ronald Mamani Cayo in critical condition and passenger Daniela Tinoco Chávez injured; police recovered an extortion note demanding S/40 per unit and Depincri Cercado de Lima leads the investigation using security video.
  • In Piura, taxi driver Juan Carlos Jiménez Camizán, 26, was shot dead inside his yellow car in the La Molina I settlement by assailants on a motorcycle, with the National Police securing the scene and pursuing leads.