José Castro Campos, driver in Tumba Ortega murder captured
Police capture Jose Castro Campos, driver on the run after murder of Col. Tumba Ortega
On August 10, 1993, the National Police Intelligence Directorate captured Jose Castro Campos, who acted as the driver of the getaway vehicle in the assassination of Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega. In his statement he confessed that in November 1992 he participated in a meeting where 'Bertha' (Iris Quiñonez Colchado) informed about the plan to annihilate the PNP commander of Surquillo. He was transferred to the Special Military Court of the Peruvian Navy to be tried for the crime of treason.
Actors
José Castro Campos
driver in getaway vehicle, perpetrator
Coronel Manuel Tumba Ortega
victim
Dirección de Inteligencia de la Policía Nacional
law enforcement agency that made the arrest
Iris Quiñónez Colchado
perpetrator, informant in planning meeting
Juzgado Militar Especial de la Marina de Guerra del Perú
military court handling prosecution
Surquillo
location of victim's command