Overview
- The raid interrupted a wedding reception at a venue on Avenida Las Lomas in Urbanización Zárate, San Juan de Lurigancho.
- Officers initially detained 103 attendees and, after preliminary checks, held 12 who police allege belong to the extortion group, releasing the others.
- Investigators seized three firearms, ammunition, illegal drugs, and multiple mobile phones as evidence.
- PNP general Carlos Romero Wetzell said the goal is to remove violent extortionists from circulation and transfer the detainees to penal custody.
- Police published the names and ages of the 12 detainees, who remain in custody for processing, and local reporting noted the action occurred under a state of emergency.