Overview
- Yurmelys Eglee Mendoza Torrealba, 23, known as 'Yur', was captured in Cañete and turned over to the Ministerio Público on February 22, 2026.
- Anti-kidnapping investigators say she rented the room used to hold Fares Soto Wong, monitored his captivity, and used her bank account to receive transfers from his funds.
- Police report the abductors demanded S/100,000 and sent proof-of-life messages before the victim was found dead the next day in San Juan de Miraflores after torture and fatal head trauma.
- Co-authors identified as Juan Daniel Linarez Rodríguez ('Dani') and Andri Matute Tovar ('Matute') remain fugitives, believed to be in Venezuela and Chile respectively.
- Detectives say the ransom was tied to a bank account in the name of slain criminal Jesús Acevedo Chacón and describe the case as an 'atypical' kidnapping with the motive still under investigation, including possible 'gota a gota' lending and links to other killings.