Overview
- Families identified the dead as Frank Luis Pinedo del Campo, 33, a former Peruvian Navy member, and Jair Ayachi Sánchez, 21–22, who left the Air Force before traveling.
- Relatives and brigade contacts report both men were killed by explosives launched from drones, with fighting described in the Zaporizhzhia area or nearby Russian-held territory.
- Pinedo and Ayachi left Peru in late September after reported economic offers to join foreign units supporting Ukraine, traveling with roughly two dozen ex-Peruvian service members.
- Parents in Iquitos have publicly appealed to the Cancillería and to Loreto’s regional governor, Jorge René Chávez, for help returning the remains for burial.
- Local media note no official statement yet from Peruvian authorities, and relatives say other Peruvians may also have died, a claim not independently confirmed.