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Police Probe Three Killings in Lima and Piura as Security Footage Guides Leads

Investigators prioritize security video analysis alongside forensic testing.

Overview

  • Security cameras captured the Ancón barbershop shooting that killed Job Canchumanya Macha, 28, and police discounted an extortion motive in favor of a possible personal score‑settling.
  • Carpenter José Santos Luna Morales, 71, was found days after his death inside his San Martín de Porres workshop with multiple bruises that suggest a fatal beating, according to police sources.
  • Witnesses reported two hooded individuals entering the SMP workshop on the day the killing likely occurred, and investigators are evaluating that account as they review local footage.
  • A charred male body was discovered off the PaitaSullana highway in Piura, with preliminary findings indicating the victim was killed elsewhere and burned before being dumped; the remains were sent for necropsy and fingerprint identification.
  • Relatives of missing persons, including the family of Enmanuel Guidino Gonzáles, approached police but no identification has been confirmed, and authorities report no arrests as criminalistics teams process the scenes under a declared state of emergency and community concern over response delays.