Overview
- In Peru, anti-corruption agents detained six Dirincri robbery-division officers and a civilian accused of demanding S/30,000 then taking S/15,000 via the civilian’s bank account to free a detainee.
- An Argentine federal review led by prosecutor Maximiliano Hairabedian indicates a key Gmail access in the Santiago Aguilera case was likely done by an investigator, potentially voiding Julio César Ramírez’s 12‑year conviction.
- Courts probing Sur Finanzas ordered searches of a Turdera warehouse and the treasurer’s home, seizing safes, CPUs, documents and ATMs, as treasurer Micaela Sánchez was detained for allegedly hiding information.
- In Michoacán, Mexico, authorities arrested homicide suspect Luis Felipe N. in Nuevo León and rescued his two daughters alive, as federal forces separately clashed with armed civilians in Buenavista Tomatlán using an armed helicopter under Operativo Paricutín.
- Parallel crackdowns and tensions continued with PDI raids in Rosario yielding two arrests and cash and phones seized, a disturbance at Lima’s Sarita Colonia prison without serious casualties reported, protests in Zitácuaro over a woman’s killing, and a Tijuana inquiry into alleged police abuse at a checkpoint.