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Two Drunk-Driving Crashes in Peru and Mexico Leave One Dead and One Critically Injured

Prosecutorial handling in Peru faces scrutiny over a proposed 900-sol reparation.

Overview

  • In Mexicali, police say an intoxicated driver ran a stop and hit a Honda Civic, killing the woman at the wheel before officers detained him.
  • Investigators reported the white Kia Forte struck the Civic on the left front side and pushed it about 13.8 meters after impact.
  • In Ica, a security camera recorded Aldair Fernando Muñante Moreno hitting pedestrian José Feliciano Hernández Cabrera and a certified test measured the driver at 1.46 grams of alcohol per liter of blood before police detained him.
  • Doctors diagnosed fractures in both of the victim’s tibias and he remains hospitalized in delicate condition with a possible risk of amputation.
  • The victim’s representatives in Ica dispute the deputy prosecutor’s use of the ‘principio de oportunidad’ and call a proposed 900-sol reparation insufficient.