At least three troops would be involved in the attempted theft of merchandise of one of the stores affected in the fire of Altos neighborhoods. Merchants directly accuse José Anselmo Iturriaga Casaswho works as non -commissioned officer of the National Police of Peru and belongs to the police station San Andréslocated in Cercado de Lima.
Iturriaga Casas He was pointed out to try to subtract merchandise from a warehouse affected by the fire on March 13. As reported by Round Table Entrepreneurs Chamberthe agent was captured by security cameras while moving technological accessories valued around S/ 3,000.
The neighbors denounced that they surprised the agent taking a white bag containing electronic devices, which would belong to those affected. These products had already been uploaded to a taxi, They claim that he was looking to leave with the merchandise as soon as possible. However, this agent wore a white pole, but retained the pants and regulatory footwear of his police uniform.
In this way, a group of people increasing man when he was already sitting in the car, but they make him go down with this bag. In this they find electronic devices.
“[El producto] I was wet and smelled burning. They said they are stealing us and one became nervous, I approached the taxi and let it go down, ”said a merchant Pan -American.
According to the witnesses, the noncommissioned officer did not attend alone, but with two more agents who sought to accommodate the merchandise. In the security cameras it is possible to visualize two policemen who leave the walking area.
Therefore, they do not rule out that there are more involved in this alleged robbery. For its part, Nazario RomanPresident of the Round Table Entrepreneurs ChamberHe explained that in the place wet boxes were found and with a burning smell, ready to be transferred.
“Two uniformed and one with the covered uniform rose merchandise in three white bearers where there was merchandise with wet boxes and smells burnt,” he said.
According to the document accessed by the aforementioned medium, 71 cell phones and another 21 of different brand were found. In addition, three professional camera fasteners and a bag of headphones.
After the fact, the noncommissioned officer abandoned the place with an unknown direction and demands their immediate detention to provide explanations of what happened.
On March 13, 2025, a fire was reported in one of the buildings that functioned as a warehouse in high neighborhoods, a few meters from the Maternity of Lima. Several infrastructure were uninhabitable and many people stayed in the streets without a place to sleep.
According to the information of the authorities, these warehouses did not have the necessary permits to operate in the place. Likewise, firefighters did not know the type of material that was under the rubble, which made it difficult to culminate with their work.
A month later, the fire, which seemed to have been controlled, was activated again at dawn, around 03:00 hours. The epicenter of the fire is found in Fifth Santa Rosa, where residents have expressed their discontent in the absence of support and coordination by the authorities.
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