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Peru Police Extract Phone Data, Deploy Intelligence Units in Pacasmayo Journalist Killing

Investigators are analyzing both cellphones to uncover threats or contacts that could explain the ambush.

Overview

  • Authorities indicated robbery is being ruled out after assailants left the motorcycle and equipment untouched.
  • The National Association of Journalists described the case as a likely contract killing and urged identification of those who ordered it.
  • Intelligence and investigative teams were sent to Guadalupe and Ciudad de Dios to locate the perpetrators.
  • Friends and relatives said Fernando Núñez had been probing municipal projects in Guadalupe and Ciudad de Dios before the attack.
  • A colleague reported Núñez received threatening calls months earlier, allegedly from a prison, and the family asked to move the case to Trujillo for impartiality.