A man who set his ex-girlfriend ablaze on a town square in Peru has been tracked down in Colombia and arrested.
19-year-old Venezuelan Sergio Tarache Parra, 19, stands accused of dousing 18-year-old Katherine Gomez with gasoline and setting her ablaze on a central square in Lima on March 18.
According to report, the deceased days before the incident had broken up with him (Tarache).
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Gomez was admitted to hospital with burns to 60 percent of her body.
She, however, died after six days of agony.
Security cameras had captured Gomez’s attacker fleeing the scene of the crime.
Following the incident, Peruvian police offered a reward equivalent to $12,500 for information that will lead to his arrest.
An Interpol red notice was issued for Tarache’s arrest, according to Peru’s consulate in Bogota.
Peru’s interior ministry said Tarache would be transferred from Colombia were he was arrested to Peru to face trial.
Peru, a country of 33 million, registered 136 femicides in 2022 and similar numbers in previous years, according to official data.
