Overview

• In Piura’s A.H. Nueva Esperanza, attackers in a gray car opened fire on four friends, leaving three dead and a fourth hospitalized in stable condition, according to authorities.
• Relatives of the Piura victims rejected police suggestions of a presumed settling of scores, saying the men were workers with no criminal ties.
• In Puerto Maldonado, hotel cameras captured the killing of Iracema Vizcarra Valdez, and police later detained Carlos David M.V. as the alleged perpetrator.
• In San Juan de Lurigancho, a 17-year-old was shot after an argument with three other adolescents, with police conducting preliminary investigations as neighbors call for stronger patrols.
• In Chorrillos, Diego Rafael Alzamora Palomino was gunned down outside his home, with police citing an apparent score-settling motive and reporting 14 shell casings at the scene; La República’s running count lists 5,414 homicides so far this year.