Overview
- Police say Julio César Manrique Maraví, known as “Huaype,” fled the Sicaya station while in custody after a regional anti-crime sweep, and officer Wilber Cerrón was detained on suspected complicity.
- Correo reports he forced the cell lock and jumped a wall into a nearby house to get away, a detail authorities are still verifying.
- Investigators describe Manrique as a key figure who ran clandestine venues that lured intoxicated people, doped them with benzodiazepines, then stole phones and bank cards.
- The recent operation carried out 38 raids across Huancayo, El Tambo, Jauja, Concepción, Chilca and Huancavelica, leading to 12 arrests and the seizure of POS units, identity documents, cash and psychotropic pills.
- Forensic findings cited by police include his fingerprints on card readers and a victim’s toxicology showing benzodiazepines and 1.11 g/L blood alcohol, evidence now driving the manhunt and internal probe.