Overview
- Police opened inquiries at El Mirador de Chilina after a cargo lift failed inside the Cayma restaurant, with firefighters confirming the 16-year-old worker's death at the scene.
- Relatives and the family's lawyer say the freight elevator was in poor condition, claiming it was a makeshift system tied with ropes that should have been blocked from use.
- The family wants the case treated as criminally negligent homicide, a charge that can place responsibility on individuals rather than only the company under Peruvian law.
- Sunafil, Peru's labor inspection agency, assigned inspector Johan Rosas Eduardo to the case, and sources reported the restaurant was closed for imminent danger under Ordinance 349/2023.
- Investigators are expected to review security video and worker accounts, and relatives criticized a delayed arrival by the Public Prosecutor's representative at the scene.