Overview
- Armed assailants ambushed two cars on Lima’s Circuito de Playas in San Miguel around 8:30 a.m., stole gold ingots and left two men wounded, with police seeking CCTV from district and highway cameras.
- A nighttime shooting outside Peña Los Andes in Independencia killed security worker José Dante Valdera Cachay and wounded two colleagues, and authorities are examining possible extortion links.
- In San Juan, Argentina, a frontal crash on Ruta 20 killed Matías Osola, Valeria Pont and their two‑year‑old daughter, with investigators citing a failed overtaking maneuver as a leading hypothesis and imputing involved drivers for culpable homicide.
- Two Peruvian police officers were injured when their patrol car overturned after colliding with a vehicle in Lince, and officials are probing whether a pursuit was under way and will use peritajes to assess any substance use.
- In Avellaneda, Buenos Aires province, four motochorros shot a City police officer who resisted the theft of his motorcycle; he was hospitalized and the attackers remain at large as investigators review security footage.