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Trujillo Police Arrest 19-Year-Old Tied to KIA Sorento in 2025 Home Bombing

Police credit months of intelligence work plus video analysis for tying a KIA Sorento to the August bombing.

Overview

  • Divincri officers detained José Orlando Llajaruna Osorio, 19, in El Porvenir under a warrant issued by Trujillo’s Fourth Preparatory Investigation Court.
  • Investigators identify him as the registered owner of the KIA Sorento FOJ-308 seen on security video transporting dynamite and aiding the attackers’ getaway on Av. Perú.
  • The August 14, 2025 explosion destroyed a three-story house linked to the parents of Sergio Bolaños Sarmiento and damaged about 90 nearby homes.
  • Police searched the suspect’s residence and seized documents and other items, while pursuing additional suspects and not ruling out prison-based planning.
  • In a separate case, two men on a motorcycle hurled an explosive at Agromolinos Industriales Molinos Anderson in Huanchaco, an attack caught on video that the manager described as intimidation without prior extortion calls.