Overview
- The victim, identified as Venezuelan driver Édgar Alexander Vargas Solís, 47, was shot dead late on November 10 in Callao near the intersection of Av. Comandante Pérez Salmón and Pasaje Villegas.
- Assailants used a ruse in which a person posed as a passenger to prompt a stop before gunmen opened fire, and the pregnant fare collector working on the unit was not injured.
- The Ministerio Público reports the killing raises the 2025 total of drivers slain in Lima and Callao to 57.
- Investigators now consider extortion against transport workers the leading motive after an initial score-settling hypothesis, with colleagues citing messages demanding S/60 daily to keep working.
- Police have announced no arrests and are reviewing security camera footage as inquiries into the shooting and related extortion activity continue.