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Peru: Trujillo Attack Was a Fake Police Commando, and the Police Chief Is Under Fire

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The Trujillo massacre is now understood as a fake police commando that kidnapped a mining businessman and killed four people. Opposition parties want national police chief Óscar Arriola removed, and a bill would ease his dismissal. The post Peru: Trujillo Attack Was a Fake Police Commando, and the Police Chief Is Under Fire appeared first on The Rio Times.

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The parliamentary bloc of Popular Renewal today requested the resignation of the general commander of the National Police, Oscar Arriola, joining the demand made days earlier by leftist groups, after a serious attack in Trujillo that left four dead and a businessman kidnapped

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Mining entrepreneur Jens Lara Tantaquilla was released alive this Monday in Trujillo, Peru, after being kidnapped from the early hours of Sunday, when an armed group that simulated a police intervention intercepted the vehicle in which he was traveling and murdered four of his companions. Peru’s president, Keiko Fujimori, initially confirmed [...] La entrada Liberan a mining entrepreneur kidnapped in Trujillo after attack that left four dead was…

A mining businessman was kidnapped in Peru in the middle of the public road in the city of Trujillo during the early hours of Sunday, when he was intercepted by attackers in police uniforms who killed his four companions on the spot, the National Police of the South American country reported.

The arrests and actions carried out by the police after the incident would have created pressure on the captors, who eventually chose to abandon the businessman

The 31-year-old businessman Jenss Marti Lara Tantaquilla was released after being kidnapped by criminals belonging to the band Los Pulpos. The PNP general commander, General Oscar Arriola, also reported on the arrest of the five alleged kidnappers. At a press conference, in which Defense Minister Rafael Belaunde participated, General Arriola showed the photographs and identifications of the detainees who were located in the districts of El Porve…

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La República broke the news in Lima, Peru on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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