Overview
- Police say the attacker assaulted his grandmother, Rosa Isique Cabrera, 77, inside the home, then chased his mother, Celia María Guevara Isique, 50, outside, where she died at the scene, and neighbors reported a machete was used.
- The grandmother died hours later at Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga, and a third family member remains in serious condition at Hospital Las Mercedes.
- The detainee was placed at the Fiscalía Mixta de Cayaltí as National Police, forensic specialists and the Public Ministry carried out on-site procedures, and authorities have not announced formal charges.
- Outlets differ on the suspect’s name and age and on the spelling of the district, reflecting a developing investigation with details kept under reserve.
- Residents tried to set the suspect’s house on fire before police intervened, the victims’ bodies are at the Chiclayo central morgue pending transfer to Saltur, and relatives and neighbors cited suspected drug addiction and called for tighter control of local drug sales.