Overview
- Police recovered the body around 6:00 a.m. near Nueva Caja de Agua in Cercado de Lima after overnight rains strengthened the river’s current.
- The victim is a man of about 40 found naked and without shoes, and his identity remains unknown.
- Roughly ten PNP rescuers worked for two to three hours to retrieve the remains, and the area was cordoned off during the operation.
- The body was transferred to the central morgue for identification and necropsy, with the Comisaría de Piedra Liza leading the initial investigation and potential Depincre involvement pending results.
- Recent weeks have seen at least three bodies recovered in this corridor, including earlier cases with gunshot wounds, heightening concern among residents.