Overview
- A lawyer, Helenn Giulianna Silva Padilla, was shot dead inside a restobar in San Martín de Porres on Saturday after a CCTV camera recorded an assailant approach, fire three shots to the back of her head, and flee on a motorcycle.
- Police say the lawyer may have been surveilled beforehand and will review her recent case files, phone calls and messages while they interview people who were with her at the time.
- Subofficer Max Mondragón, 30, was intercepted on a road near Guadalupe later that night and died of gunshot wounds to the shoulder and head, with his family disputing the initial robbery hypothesis.
- Investigators recovered the officer’s motorcycle in a nearby caserío, no arrests have been reported, and relatives plus the La Libertad bar association are demanding full, transparent probes.
- Regional data cited in coverage show 132 crimes so far this year in La Libertad with seven in Pacasmayo, raising local fears about escalating, possibly targeted, violence and pressure on police to produce results.