After a pre-dawn attack in Trujillo on Sunday that killed four people and kidnapped mining businessman Jens Marty Lara Tantaquilla, Peru’s government moves to sever extortion links from inside prisons. The armed forces will take outside control of five maximum-security prisons to cut phone networks used for extortion.
WHO:Peru’s armed forces; Peru’s defence ministry
WHAT:Armed forces will take outside control of five maximum-security prisons to cut phone networks used for extortion.
WHEN:Reported Aug 31, 2026 at 4:27 AM ET
WHERE:Trujillo, Peru
WHY:Extortion rackets are run by phone from inside the penitentiary system, so the state will try to sever the link at its source.
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