Overview
- Police documented the 23-year-old’s complaint after INPE notified them on January 22 and referred the case to prosecutor Virginia Salas Mendoza.
- The inmate reports multiple assaults, most recently on January 5 in the shower area, with accounts differing on whether it occurred in Pavilion D or E.
- The complainant, who is from Lima, identified eight alleged attackers by alias: Grillo, Enyerber, Dilán, Ziza, Ardilla, Cuca, Machete and Valiente.
- During a surprise operation, INPE officers found prohibited items, including 30 small ‘quete’ packets containing a substance with characteristics of marijuana.
- Pocollay prison holds 1,187 inmates, authorities have urged activation of emergency protections to isolate suspects and safeguard the victim, and it remains unclear what immediate measures were implemented.