Overview
- Peru’s specialized criminal chamber rejected Osmán Morote’s bid for release, keeping his life sentence for the 1992 Tarata bombing in force after finding no qualifying humanitarian grounds under Law 32181.
- Prosecutors asked a judge to impose restricted appearance and a travel ban on police officer Luis Magallanes in the death of protester Eduardo Ruiz, citing a forensic report consistent with a ricochet entry and new video showing the officer was struck before firing.
- The Ruiz investigation was reassigned from the Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office to a common criminal prosecutor at the request of PNP commander Óscar Arriola, with critics warning the reclassification to simple homicide could weaken penalties and oversight.
- A state of emergency in Lima and Callao entered its third day with police reporting six killings linked to organized crime, as President José Jerí conducted surprise inspections and authorities maintained large-scale patrols.
- In San Juan de Lurigancho, prosecutors sought preliminary detention for three youths over the fatal stabbing of a mother and daughter during a robbery and for a fourth suspect on aggravated receipt, while in Mexico authorities launched a joint Army–Navy–Guardia Nacional manhunt after the assassination of citrus leader Bernardo Bravo.