Abel Taya Humpire arrested in Lima over triple murder of Florencio Varela
Peruvian police arrested Peruvian citizen Abel Taya Humpire in Santa Anita, Lima, accused of the triple murder in Florencio Varela committed in 2025.
Arrest in Lima of one of the accused in the triple murder of Florencio Varela
The National Police of Peru arrested this Saturday Abel Josuel Taya Humpire, 32 years old, in the district of Santa Anita in the Peruvian capital. According to cadena3.com, the arrest came after coordinated work between Peruvian agents and the Argentine Federal Police (PFA), which had requested his international capture.
Taya Humpire is one of the accused in the triple murder of Florencio Varela, in which Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez lost their lives in September 2025. Federal Court of Criminal and Correctional Matters Number 2 of Morón, led by judge Jorge Rodríguez, had issued the international arrest warrant in the framework of that investigation.
Official confirmation from Lima
The National Police of Peru disseminated the news through a post on social network X: "A citizen wanted for alleged aggravated murder has been detained. He is being investigated for his alleged participation in a triple murder and alleged links with a criminal organisation dedicated to drug trafficking."
Investigators argue that Taya Humpire would have acted alongside other members of a narco organisation in the events that led to the triple murder, a case that shook public opinion due to the violence with which the crimes were carried out.
His role within the narco structure
One of the first people detained in the case, Celeste González Guerrero, had identified him in her statement as the alleged custodian of Luis Valverde Rodríguez, known as "Papá". Valverde Rodríguez is uncle of Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano, alias "Pequeño J", currently held in Ezeiza Prison and identified by the Justice system as one of the alleged chiefs of the criminal structure under investigation.
Source: Google News AR — Crime