Overview
- Security staff discovered a suspicious object and an extortionate handwritten note at the main gate of the Callao prison, prompting a police cordon and road closures.
- UDEX specialists executed a controlled detonation to neutralize the device without injuries and forensic teams processed the scene.
- The INPE ordered preventive isolation and cell searches for five inmates named in the note, identifying them by name and alleged crimes before starting internal disciplinary probes.
- Police are reviewing perimeter camera footage and coordinating with prosecutors to establish who placed the device, whether a cellphone-based remote trigger was involved, and possible links to organized extortion groups.
- Authorities reinforced external security at the penitentiary and say the incident follows a similar explosive left this week outside Miguel Castro Castro prison, raising concern about a pattern of threats tied to extortion networks.