Overview

• Official data from the Public Ministry’s crime observatory list 118 victims of attacks on public transport in Lima and Callao from August 2024 to October 2025, including 65 deaths and 53 injuries.
• A bus from the La 40 line was burned in Santa Anita before dawn on October 7, and a police commander said they have discarded an extortion link as investigators review municipal camera footage.
• Hours after the transport strike was suspended, a Linea D driver was shot in San Juan de Miraflores and is stable, with police analyzing video and statements while keeping extortion as a working hypothesis.
• In Trujillo, police detained Amparo Marllory Alvarado Ruiz with the phone used to threaten Esperanza Express and 30 SIM cards, and authorities are probing connections to extortion networks linked to Los Pulpos.
• In Lima, a suspect identified as M.A.A.Q. was arrested over a San Juan de Lurigancho shooting, and prosecutors opened a preliminary case for attempted homicide, extortion and drug trafficking as Congress and transport leaders advance emergency coordination and unions warn of fresh stoppages if another driver is attacked.