Overview
- Cristian Flores Villafranco, known as ‘Tío Winner,’ was shot on November 15 outside a building on Avenida Miraflores in Trujillo and is in stable condition.
- Security cameras recorded two hooded gunmen approaching at close range and opening fire as Flores arrived with two companions.
- Jair Anderson Méndez Vásquez, 29, identified as a bodyguard and also referred to as ‘Paco,’ died at the scene after being struck by gunfire.
- SAMU medics treated Flores for a superficial wound inside the building before he was taken to Divincri to give a statement.
- Investigators have seized the recordings for forensic analysis and are considering extortion as a working hypothesis given recent patterns in La Libertad.