Overview
- A bus operated by the El Rápido consortium was intercepted and shot at on Avenida Universitaria in the Cercado de Lima on Thursday, October 29, 2026, when assailants in a black car fired into the driver’s cabin.
- Driver Jairo Acosta Torres, 51, was wounded by flying glass and fragments and taken to Hospital San José for treatment, and a 35-year-old passenger suffered minor cuts.
- Police officers from the Mirones Bajos station and Depincri recovered at least ten shell casings at the scene and are reviewing municipal security cameras and videos shared on social media for identification.
- Witnesses said one attacker’s gun jammed and the driver ducked inside the cabin; observers also noted the attackers used a car rather than the motorcycles often seen in past assaults.
- The assault fits a pattern of repeated attacks on El Rápido-affiliated drivers, including a fatal shooting in February 2025 and earlier incidents with extortion notes, and officials have not yet announced arrests or confirmed a motive.