Overview
- A public transport combi was set on fire and completely destroyed in El Mirador, Ventanilla, leaving the owner and his family without their main source of income.
- The vehicle had served the Ventanilla–Dos de Mayo route until the driver left the Etpevesa company because he said he could not tolerate ongoing insecurity and illegal payments.
- The affected driver and owner told reporters that transport operators paid daily 'cupos' to gangs, naming 15 soles to Los Chuquis and 10 soles to La Nueva Generación as the alleged amounts.
- The owner suggested a third criminal group may have carried out the attack to intimidate ex-colleagues and pressure drivers into new illegal payments, and neighbors reported alarm over the fast-spreading fire.
- There are no arrests or official confirmations reported yet and all claims about perpetrators and exact extortion sums remain allegations reported by the victims and local outlets.