Nine Ecuadorians detained in Huanchaco; close to 1 kg of marijuana seized
Peru’s National Police detained nine Ecuadorians in Huanchaco in an operation supported by the FBI and seized close to one kilogram of marijuana alongside firearms and explosives. Police said the nine were suspected members of Los Tiguerones Trux and were under investigation for alleged gang, weapons, explosives, drug-trafficking and human-trafficking offences.
Peru’s National Police detained nine Ecuadorian citizens in Huanchaco, a seaside
resort in Trujillo province in the north of the country, in an operation
supported by the FBI.[1]The detainees were captured on 24 September 2026.[2]Police described the nine as presumed members of Los Tiguerones Trux and
said they were being investigated for alleged criminal-group membership, illegal
possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives, drug trafficking, and human
trafficking.[1]The nine remained at Trujillo’s Criminal Investigation
Division (Divincri) as investigations continued.[3]
At a property police treated as a bunker, officers found a mini-Uzi, a revolver,
nine dynamite cartridges and ammunition.[3]Officers also seized 23
cellphones, three scales and close to one kilogram of marijuana.[1][4]Police
said two notebooks contained notes that may correspond to alleged extortion
payments.[1]The operation also yielded a vehicle and a cloth bearing the
words Los Tiguerones Trux.[1]Officers found documents linked to one detainee
and other items for analysis.[1]The US Embassy in Lima said Peru’s National
Police and the FBI were acting together in the operation.[1]
The nine detainees were between 19 and 39 years old.[4]
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The nine Ecuadorian men identified as suspected Los Tiguerones Trux members after their detention in Trujillo. Photo: Embassy of the United States in PeruPhoto details
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Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
9
Cannabis
1 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking, Possession
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
El Comercioelcomercio.comESNueve ecuatorianos fueron detenidos en Perú durante operativo con apoyo del FBI
Primiciasprimicias.ecESPerú detiene a nueve ecuatorianos que serían presuntos integrantes de la banda 'Los Tiguerones Trux'
RPPrpp.peESLa Libertad: Policía capturó a nueve ecuatorianos durante operativo con apoyo del FBI en Huanchaco
Infobaeinfobae.comESDetienen a nueve ecuatorianos en Trujillo: PNP incauta Mini Uzi, dinamita, marihuana y cuadernos con presuntos cupos
Open questions the AI reported
The marijuana weight was reported as close to or about one kilogram, not as an exact measured weight.
The detainees’ names and ages were not published; police said they were coordinating with Ecuador to confirm their identities and check possible records.
No formal charges, custody ruling or court outcome was reported; investigations were ongoing.
The cash found during the operation is not a cannabis valuation, and no separate value for the marijuana was published.
Infobae gives only the group’s age range of 19–39; individual ages and names remain unknown.
RPP’s page displayed a video preview, but no direct video stream address was available, so it is not linked.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in RPP: At a property police treated as a bunker, officers found a mini-Uzi, a revolver, nine dynamite cartridges and ammunition.
Anti-drug police in Iquitos stopped a motokar in Punchana district and found a backpack with ten packages of suspected marijuana, then detained the driver and his passenger. Both are under investigation for illicit drug trafficking, and the exact weight of the drug had not been established.
Police detained five men aged 22 to 26 during a raid on a building in the Unicreto estate in Nuevo Chimbote, Áncash, and found about 125 grams of marijuana alongside 45 bags of tusi, 19 ecstasy pills and ketamine. The group was accused of making and selling synthetic drugs in nightclubs, and the case was passed to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Peruvian National Police detained two people, aged 23 and 74, in the Santa Isabel neighbourhood of Chachapoyas, Amazonas, on 4 November 2026. Officers found dental equipment, anaesthetics, phones, cash and a sealed bag of seeds suspected to be cannabis sativa, and handed the pair to the police criminal investigation division as they investigate illegal dentistry and possible drug trafficking.
Police arrested three suspected members of two criminal gangs in operations in Ventanilla, Callao, and San Miguel, Lima, the Interior Ministry said. One of them, Jesús Ever Morán Villanueva, 20, was found with a bag holding about 500 grams of marijuana when he was detained in San Miguel.
