Overview
- The late-night assault on December 12 in Puña, Tacabamba, left José Mercedes Castillo Terrones and his wife, Luzmila Gómez Olano, bound, beaten, and robbed of phones and valuables.
- José Mercedes escaped during a lapse by the attackers and sought help from neighbors and local rondas campesinas, who notified the National Police as the assailants fled unidentified.
- Pedro Castillo framed the attack as political intimidation connected to his renewed political activity, a characterization reported as his claim.
- Congressman Roberto Sánchez Palomino sent a formal letter to Interior Minister Vicente Tiburcio Orbezo requesting an immediate investigation by the National Police.
- Accounts conflict on specifics, including whether three or five masked attackers were involved and the exact time of the assault, which authorities are expected to clarify.