Eight held in Chepén raid on Los Malditos de Pacanga
Police in Chepén captured eight alleged members of Los Malditos de Pacanga, including five minors, as they moved on motorcycles allegedly to commit an armed attack. Officers seized a revolver, explosives, marijuana and other drugs plus three motorcycles, two of them wanted for theft or robbery.
🇵🇪 Siete de Junio settlement, Chepén, La Libertad · Peru
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Agencies
División de Inteligencia Regional La Libertad (DIVREINT-LL), Departamento de Investigación Criminal (DEPINCRI) Chepén
Police officers captured eight presumed members of the criminal gang known as
Los Malditos de Pacanga during an operation in the Siete de Junio settlement in
Chepén province.[1]The operation was carried out by personnel of the La
Libertad Regional Intelligence Division and the Chepén criminal-investigation
department, and those held were three adults and five minors.[1]The three
adults were aged 18, 19 and 20 and the five minors were aged 14 to 17, known by
the aliases Narizón, Cholo Alex, Guille, Chuqui, Chespi, Pirinche, Chino and
Chato.[1]Police said the suspects were moving on three motorcycles and tried
to flee when they saw the officers.[1]
Officers seized a .38-calibre revolver loaded with two rounds, two explosive
devices, nine rounds of ammunition and six mobile phones, along with drugs
described as coca paste, marijuana and cocaine hydrochloride.[1]Officers also
seized three motorcycles, one of them listed as wanted for robbery and another
for aggravated theft.[1]Causa Justa listed the seized drugs as cannabis, coca
paste and cocaine hydrochloride, and described the explosives as artisanal
emulnor-type devices.[2]
Police intelligence indicated the group was moving to carry out an armed attack
in Chepén that could have ended in a homicide.[2]Investigators are examining
whether two of the seized motorcycles were used in the killing of Venezuelan
citizen José Alfredo Urdaneta on 2 March at the Vilma restaurant in Chepén.[1]The detainees and everything seized were placed at the disposal of the DEPINCRI
Chepén unit to continue the proceedings.[2]
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Arrested
8
Agencies
División de Inteligencia Regional La Libertad (DIVREINT-LL); Departamento de Investigación Criminal (DEPINCRI) Chepén
Causa Justacausajusta.peESCaen “Los Malditos de Pacanga”: Policía frustra presunto homicidio y detiene a ocho sospechosos en Chepén
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No weight, amount or value was published for the marijuana or cannabis, so no kilograms can be recorded; drugs were reported only by type alongside coca paste and cocaine hydrochloride.
The articles give no separate date for the raid; 6 March 2026 is their publication date and is used as the incident date.
The submitted Facebook video caption corroborates eight captures with marijuana, weapons and stolen motorcycles, but its readable capture preserves almost no article text beyond the caption metadata, so the report relies on the two opened local reports.
No charges, detention status beyond hand-over to DEPINCRI Chepén, or court outcome were reported; the case remained under investigation.
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