A shocking surveillance video doing the rounds on social media shows the cold-blooded execution of a lawyer in a restobar in Peru. The video shows Helenn Guilianna Silva Padilla sitting at a restaurant-bar in Pacasmayo, Peru, with one woman and two men when the attacker approaches from behind and shoots her in the head.
After her murder, local police launched an investigation, Local police launched an investigation into the targeted shooting, exploring potential motives including personal or financial disputes. Despite the immediate mobilization of the police, the suspect, who fled the scene on a motorcycle, remains at large. The motive for the killing remains unknown.
Social media posts said Padilla was a member of the La Libertad Bar Association.
Padilla later took up the victim’s defense, publicly challenging the police narrative and pushing back against the case’s dismissal before her shocking caught-on-camera execution. Tuñoque’s family and legal representatives moved forward with formal complaints to overturn the fiscal archiving and demand a complete and transparent investigation.
Prosecutorial authorities initially archived the case after concluding that the officers in question acted within their duties. This sparked local outrage.
