Overview
- The theft before dawn on January 16 prompted the PNP to activate Plan Cerco, leading the suspects to abandon the vehicle and run.
- All four jumped into the Rímac River; three reached the bank and were detained, two by Carapongo serenazgo and one by residents in Ate Vitarte.
- The fourth suspect, identified as Junior Joel Núñez Ruiz, was carried away by the current and later found dead on a sand islet roughly three kilometers downstream.
- PNP search-and-rescue units recovered the body overnight with ropes and specialized equipment and transferred it to the morgue for a necropsy.
- The recovered car was returned to its owner, who positively identified the detainees, and investigators are reviewing potential links to other auto thefts in eastern Lima.