Overview
- Peru: Transportes Pesqueros driver Bonet Miraval Camones was shot while operating a bus in Santa Anita and later died, as police investigate prior extortion threats against the company and review onboard and area cameras.
- Peru: Anti‑kidnapping agents arrested three alleged members of Los Escorpiones de Huaycán accused of abducting and torturing a 22‑year‑old, after investigators followed ransom transfers and seized phones and other evidence.
- Spain: A snowplow driver in his 40s died when his machine fell about 20 meters at Puerto El Pico (N‑502, Ávila), with 112 coordinating a large response while severe weather limited access to the scene.
- Argentina: Luis Adrián Araneda, 30, was fatally stabbed in central Bariloche during a confrontation, two suspects were detained, and prosecutors are preparing charges as investigators analyze security footage.
- Road fatalities also included two deaths and one critical injury in a head‑on motorcycle crash on Argentina’s Ruta 11, a cyclist killed on Mallorca’s Ma‑13a near Sineu, and a 22‑year‑old municipal officer who died after a patrol collision on Mexico’s Siglo XXI highway.