Overview
- Prosecutors and national police, who carried out raids Thursday across eight Peruvian regions, detained 25 suspects tied to Tren de Aragua factions for alleged human trafficking and sexual exploitation after searching 39 properties.
- Investigators identified alleged faction leaders Glorimar Gómez and Hender Montilla from the groups Hijos de Dios and Tren del Llano, which authorities say have operated in Peru since June 2023 by coercing foreign women into sex work.
- Peru’s Congress filed a motion to interpel Defense Minister Amadeo Flores Carcagno over an April 25 military action in Colcabamba that left five civilians dead, citing a survivor’s claim that his first statement was taken under threat and noting the lack of injured soldiers.
- In a separate Peruvian saga, retired officer Poncho Wilson Pinto Peña denied wrongdoing in recruiting Peruvians to go to Russia, as a lawyer for families alleged a cross‑border trafficking ring, reported eight deaths, and said more recruits recently departed.
- In Argentina, José López told the federal court in the Cuadernos case that he never joined an illicit association and said his 2018 cooperating testimony came during isolation, and bus companies said after Thursday’s talks that frequencies should improve next week but remain below normal as the state clears some debts.