Overview
- The confrontation began during a traffic operation near the National University of Piura on July 11 when police stopped a vehicle whose driver was reportedly drunk.
- A video that circulated on social media shows Johanny Yesenia Lindau refusing to identify herself, confronting officers and allegedly headbutting a subofficer, and Medicina Legal certified injuries to the officer.
- On July 15 the Tercer Juzgado de Flagrancia de Piura ordered Lindau released under four months of comparecencia con restricciones, set a S/1,000 bond and prohibited her from leaving Piura without judicial permission.
- The Fiscalía opened formal investigations for resistance or disobedience to authority and violence against authority and terminated her provisional assignment as adjunct provincial prosecutor for Piura.
- Lindau rejects criminal liability, says the footage is edited and plans to return to an internal‑control post at the Ministerio Público while prosecutors warn that breaching court conditions could lead to harsher measures.