Overview
- Buenos Aires police raided a house in 9 de Abril during a pool party tied to an auto‑theft ring, triggering a shootout in which 23‑year‑old Diego Ezequiel López was killed and suspects Nicolás Eduardo Llanelli and Jonathan Alejandro Rodríguez were detained.
- The Argentine case stems from a probe opened in May 2025 that mapped at least 15 crimes, defined roles across the network and led to 33 search warrants and 15 arrests, with follow‑up searches and forensic work continuing.
- In Lurigancho‑Chosica, Peru, the National Police and the specialized cybercrime prosecutor detained suspected members of ‘Los Timadores de Piérola’ and seized 48 SIM cards, phones, bank cards and computers linked to online marketplace scams affecting about 14 victims.
- An intelligence‑led intervention at a party in San Martín de Porres resulted in roughly 35 people being held for checks and the seizure of an unnumbered firearm, 12 rounds, three dynamite cartridges and cocaine, with police citing suspected extortion links under review.
- In Callao, Peru, investigators are probing the assassination of police subofficer Maicol Ramírez León, 30, who was gunned down near his home, with ballistic evidence collected and municipal CCTV footage secured to track the assailants.