Overview

• A Cuarenta Integrada S.A. unit known as La 40 was destroyed by fire on María Parado de Bellido in Santa Anita’s Huáscar neighborhood, with no injuries reported.
• The bus was parked outside the home of the owner’s brother and was out of service when the attack occurred.
• Neighbors reported two individuals on a motorcycle behaving suspiciously near the scene shortly before the blaze.
• Officers from the Santa Anita precinct launched a preliminary investigation and are analyzing municipal camera footage, with extortion treated as a working hypothesis.
• La República cited preliminary, unconfirmed claims that an explosive device may have been used, and the incident comes during a wave of violent attacks that prompted a transport strike on October 6.