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Prosecutors Seek 7-Day Detention for Pickup Driver in Arequipa Bus Ravine Crash That Killed 37

Investigators ordered retrospective alcohol testing following a positive screening with later blood results showing conflicting sub‑legal levels.

Overview

  • The Camaná provincial prosecutor’s office requested a seven‑day flagrancy detention for Henry Apaclla Ñaupari, who was moved from hospital care to police custody.
  • He is under investigation for aggravated vehicular homicide and culpable injuries as authorities await the police traffic technical report and vehicle forensics.
  • An initial qualitative test was positive for alcohol; a blood test about six hours after the crash measured 0.11 g/l and a separate police‑reported test around ten hours later showed 0.25 g/l, both below Peru’s 0.50 g/l legal limit.
  • Forensic teams identified all 37 victims using the AFIS fingerprint system, and officials report the delivery of remains to families is nearing completion.
  • Authorities say a Llamosas interprovincial bus collided with a pickup near km 780 of the Panamericana Sur in Ocoña and plunged roughly 200 meters, leaving at least 25 injured.