Círculo Militar de Chorrillos shooting
| Círculo Militar de Chorrillos shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of Peruvian security crisis | |
| Location | 12°09′42″S 77°01′22″W / 12.161655°S 77.022727°W Círculo Militar de Chorrillos, Chorrillos District, Lima, Peru |
| Date | October 8, 2025 |
Attack type | shooting |
| Weapons | Pistol |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 6 |
| Victims | Members of Agua Marina |
| Perpetrator | Under investigation |
| Motive | extortion |
The Círculo Militar de Chorrillos shooting was an armed attack on the evening of October 8th 2025, in the Chorrillos district of Lima, in the Southeast of Peru. The incident left six people injured, including four members of Agua Marina. Many media outlets attributed this event as one of the causes for the impeachment of President Dina Boluarte.
Background
Towards the end of 2023, the security crisis in Peru began to impact Agua Marina directly. This included a series of extortion attacks, ranging from thefts of equipment to bomb threats at their concerts. In 2023, a shootout outside an Agua Marina concert in Chile left two security guards injured. Additionally, in 2024 a there was a grenade attack in Villa María del Triunfo that cause Agua Marina and another band to cancel a show.[1]
In March 2025, the band leader announced they had filed reports with the National Police of Peru, but nothing had come from these actions.[2] That same month, the group Armonía 10 was affected by a shooting which left the's band singer Paul 'The Russian' Flores, dead of a gunshot wound. A leader of Agua Marina spoke openly about how this killing & the security crisis generally was affecting musicians.[3] One of the criminal organizations that allegedly shook Agua Marina down for money was known as "Los Injertos del Cono Norte", and lead by Erick Luis Moreno Hernández.[4]
Shooting
On the 8th of October, Agua Marina was playing a concert for the public holiday that commemorates the Battle of Angamos. At 11:30 PM, gunshots were heard from behind the stage where the band was playing.[5][6] Four members of Agua Marina were shot,[7] along with a bartender and an attendee.[3][8] After the attack, the assailants fled on a motorcycle.[9]
Aftermath
Upon hearing the news of the attack, artists including Dina Páucar[10] and Armonía 10 interrupted shows they were playing to announce news of the attack to their audiences. Other musicians such as Corazón Serrano, Grupo 5 and Hermanos Yaipén later publicly announced their concern about insecurity in Peru & its effects on the music industry.[11] Other artists, including Gian Marco, Tony Succar, Jely Reátegui, Andrés Wiese, and Patricia Barreto also issued statements about the attack and in support of the band.[4] The Ombudsman of Peru issued a statement lamenting the attack.[9]
Multiple outlets, including Infobae and BBC Mundo, attributed this attack as 'the final straw' that caused politicans to decide to immpeach Dina Boularte.[12][13][14]
See Also
References
- ^ Mandujano, Edgar (2025-10-09). "Balacera en concierto de Agua Marina en Chorrillos deja heridos y pánico entre asistentes | VIDEOS - Caretas home_principal". Caretas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ Berríos, Por Manuel Rojas (2025-03-24). "PNP ignoró denuncias de extorsión contra Agua Marina: Colocaron explosivos en sus conciertos, balearon su bus y robaron sus pertenencias". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ a b swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (2025-10-09). "Cuatro músicos baleados en Lima se encuentran estables y un vendedor se suma a los heridos". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ a b Ruiz, Por Carol (2025-10-09). "Ataque armado a Agua Marina EN VIVO: últimas noticias y situación de los heridos durante concierto en Chorrillos". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ "Gunmen wound four members of Peru's cumbia band in backstage shooting". AP News. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Gonzales, Carlos (2025-10-09). "Radiografía del ataque Agua Marina: cómo se perpetró el atentado y los presuntos responsables" (in Spanish). El Comercio. ISSN 1605-3052. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ Robles, Carlos. "World Gunmen open fire at concert in Peru, injuring members of popular band". BNO News. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Mandujano, Edgar (2025-10-09). "Aumenta número de heridos tras balacera en concierto de Agua Marina: Fiscalía y PNP intensifican operativos - Caretas Nacional". Caretas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ a b Vega, Renzo Gómez (2025-10-09). "Atacado a tiros el grupo peruano de cumbia Agua Marina durante un concierto en un recinto militar". El País América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ Marcos, Por Jazmín (2025-10-09). "Dina Páucar detiene concierto para pronunciarse sobre el atentado contra Agua Marina: "Tengo un dolor muy grande"". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ Marcos, Por Jazmín (2025-10-09). ""¡Basta ya!": Grupo 5, Armonía 10, Corazón Serrano y más agrupaciones de cumbia levantan su voz tras ataque a Agua Marina". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ "Tras baleo a banda de cumbia, destituyen a Dina Boluarte por crisis de seguridad". Radio Universidad de Chile. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ Giraldo, Clara (2025-10-10). "La caída de Dina Boluarte: el ataque a Agua Marina selló su destino, que antes resistió pese a las protestas". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- ^ "La presidencia de Dina Boluarte pende de un hilo por la crisis de violencia que quedó en evidencia tras el ataque contra el grupo Agua Marina en Lima". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 2025-10-09. Retrieved 2025-10-14.