Overview
- The Observatorio de Criminalidad reports 104 extortion-linked assaults on public-transport drivers this year in Lima and Callao, leaving 56 dead and 48 injured.
- Attacks continued after the state of emergency took effect on October 22, and specialists urge intelligence-led policing with undercover escorts on select bus routes.
- In 79% of cases assailants used vehicles—84% of those on linear motorcycles—and firearms were involved in 97% of incidents.
- More than half of the cases clustered between August and October, with September alone accounting for 31 victims.
- Incidents are concentrated in Lima Norte and Lima Sur—especially districts such as San Juan de Lurigancho, Los Olivos, Comas and Callao—with most attacks occurring between 6 p.m. and midnight.