Overview
- Officers responding to a pre-dawn alert on Sunday located two bodies about 50 meters from the Sarita mine entry in the Lunar de Oro area of Ananea, Puno.
- The victims were identified as Gerardo Cayo Champi and Thiago Severo Chambi Ccuno, who were wearing miners’ overalls though the operating company says they were not registered workers.
- Preliminary necropsy reports describe multiple gunshot wounds—five for one man and seven for the other—and injuries consistent with prior physical assault.
- Investigators reported no ballistic casings at the scene, noted a nearby security camera and an unmanned guard post, and are pursuing the theory the bodies were moved.
- Corporación Minera Ananea announced a halt to activity at the Sarita site while specialized police and the prosecutor’s office continue forensic work and search for suspects.