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Trujillo massacre: Who carried out this atrocious crime?

From La República · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Prosecutor Jorge Chávez Cotrina says police intelligence failed in the kidnapping and quadruple murder in Trujillo.
  • Investigators have detained eight suspects and are working to establish the motive, while relatives maintain the suspects are innocent.
  • The alleged crime involved surveillance of the victim, multiple vehicles, silenced weapons and police clothing.

There is still no answer to who carried out the Trujillo kidnapping and quadruple murder. Senior prosecutor Jorge Chávez Cotrina says police intelligence failed.

The crime showed a high level of planning, according to the account. The perpetrators allegedly followed the victim and used vehicles, weapons fitted with silencers and police clothing.

Eight suspects are in custody, but their relatives insist they are innocent. Prosecutors are focused on determining the motive behind the killings.

Police intelligence failed in the kidnapping and quadruple crime.

· Jorge Chávez CotrinaThe senior prosecutor criticized the handling of the case.
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Originally published by La República in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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