Fact check: A criminal gang called 'Los Farrukos del sicariato' was involved in the…

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Why this isn't a yes or no

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What we can confirm

Authoritative Peruvian media reports, based on police information, state that a criminal gang named 'Los Farrucos de Totorita' (also referred to as Los Farrukos de Totoritas) is linked by the National Police to the August 2025 assassination of businessman Jonathan Jesús/ Jonathan Santos Carrasco, owner of a carwash in San Juan de Lurigancho. These sources do not use the exact label 'Los Farrukos del sicariato' but describe the group as a criminal band engaged in sicariato (contract killings) and extortion and indicate that its members are implicated in that carwash murder. On that basis, the core factual assertion—that a gang with that name, dedicated to sicariato, was involved in the assassination of a businessman at a carwash in San Juan de Lurigancho—is well supported, though the precise gang name in the claim is slightly inaccurate.

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Checked July 22, 2026 · we'll re-check as this develops