Overview
- A Cruz del Sur bus with 39 passengers was shot at on Oct. 23 on the Panamericana Norte in Ancón, where two people on a motorcycle fired several rounds that left seven bullet holes and caused no reported injuries.
- The driver of the Cruz del Sur vehicle kept driving to a SUNAT control post to seek help and was later taken to the Ancón police station to give a statement while passengers were moved to another bus to continue to Trujillo.
- A Nuevo Perú company bus was shot at near Puente Acho in Rímac on Oct. 22; the driver was uninjured and peritos de Criminalística inspected the scene to collect ballistic evidence.
- Police say investigators are treating extortion against the companies or attempted robbery as leading hypotheses and have requested CCTV footage and carried out forensic and ballistic work but have not announced any arrests or confirmed links to named gangs.
- The attacks follow earlier 2026 shootings on Cruz del Sur units and reports of threats to Nuevo Perú staff, raising fears among drivers and passengers and prompting concerns about road‑transport security and potential labor impacts if threats continue.