Overview
- Fishermen found the body floating near the Paita bay piers on January 31, prompting a response from local police and the on-duty prosecutor.
- The deceased was identified as Alejandro Ernesto Chero Chunga, 62, who reportedly guarded the boat El Paraíso de Jesús owned by Wilmer Álvarez Sánchez.
- Authorities transferred the body to the morgue at Hospital Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes for a legal necropsy.
- Initial checks noted no obvious signs of physical violence, and investigators are keeping all hypotheses open until the autopsy is complete.
- Relatives and coworkers urged a swift inquiry as police and prosecutors take statements from fishermen, with local unease rising after a separate mototaxi killing this week.