Overview
- Prosecutors formally charged Federal Police chief Maximiliano Gastón Montepeloso with aggravated negligent homicide after a Route 6 head‑on crash that killed Vanesa Escalante, with 0.48 g/L blood alcohol recorded and new video evidence added; a judge released him with conditions and he was placed on administrative availability.
- Off duty in Almirante Brown, officer Agostina Medina was shot five times during a moto robbery attempt and remains in critical condition with spinal involvement, as investigators search for the assailants who stole her partner’s service weapon under UFI Nº 3 in Lomas de Zamora.
- In Constitución, a motorcyclist fleeing a police control struck a taxi that mounted the sidewalk and hit two pedestrians, leaving one dead at the scene; the rider was detained and a judicial inquiry is underway.
- License‑plate readers on the Anillo Digital flagged a stolen Toyota SW4 on Avenida General Paz, prompting a chase that ended with two arrests of suspects aged 19 and 20 with prior records, and the vehicle was returned to its owner.
- In Lima’s San Juan de Lurigancho, PNP Depincri 2 intervened a bunker and held 40 people, detaining two with firearms including a mini UZI, in an operation led by the interior minister and senior police commanders.