Overview
- The Executive formalized the active extradition via Supreme Resolution No. 016-2026-JUS in El Peruano, countersigned by President José Jerí and the justice and foreign affairs ministers.
- The request was initiated by the Second Collegiate Criminal Court of La Libertad for alleged crimes of attempted aggravated homicide, aggravated homicide, and criminal organization.
- Authorities identify Deivi Junior Romero Ullilen, alias 'Jorobado Deivi', as the suspected leader of 'Los Compadres', a group linked to killings, extortion and other violent crimes in La Libertad.
- Romero Ullilen was captured on November 13, 2025, in Argentina in a joint operation by Peruvian and Argentine security forces after an Interpol red notice.
- He remains in Argentine custody as procedures advance toward his transfer under the 2006 Peru–Argentina extradition treaty and applicable procedural rules.