Overview
- Residents in Moyopampa, Chosica, alerted authorities after spotting a man’s body floating in the Rímac River, and the Rescue Police recovered it despite a strong current.
- The victim’s identity remains unknown as the body was taken to the Lima morgue for autopsy, with police checking missing-person reports to aid identification.
- Investigators are examining nearby security cameras after initial police hypotheses suggested the river victim may have been robbed and thrown into the water, pending confirmation from the necropsy.
- In a separate attack on the 200 block of Avenida Aviación in Cercado de Lima, security video shows a gunman approach two men, open fire, and flee on a waiting motorcycle.
- Luis Alberto, 38, died at the scene and his cousin was hospitalized in critical condition at Dos de Mayo, while relatives deny prior threats and ask the Homicide Division (Dirincri) to lead the case.