Overview
- The suspect, Luis André Flores Julca, was taken into custody in Argentina and placed under a federal judge as authorities opened the extradition process.
- Argentine police moved in after a human source confirmed his location, spotting him traveling by bicycle with a large backpack to avoid checks.
- Peruvian officials had issued an international arrest warrant on April 19 for femicide and offered a reward of 50,000 soles to help find him.
- Investigators say he stabbed his partner, Yajaira Yanet Sigüeñas Urbano, on April 11 in Surquillo and set the home on fire, and she died on May 4 after weeks in intensive care.
- Peru’s police remain in direct contact with Argentine counterparts and the federal prosecutor’s office as they coordinate his transfer to face charges.