Overview
- Late‑September PNP intelligence operations led to arrests and seizures of phones, SIMs and a revolver that investigators say are linked to organized extortion rings operating in Lima.
- Authorities detained a 22‑year‑old identified as Mac Torres in Ate and a 45‑year‑old known as 'El Tuerto' in San Bartolo, with police saying both have ties to violent criminal groups and that one had a firearm at capture.
- A Machu Picchu S.A. bus was shot while picking up passengers, leaving the driver and a passenger wounded in what investigators treat as a likely extortion attack, a violent incident that happened Monday and whose shooters fled on a motorcycle.
- Police say chats recovered from seized devices show groups using WhatsApp and Telegram to arrange extortion payments by Yape, to dox targets and to advertise paid sicariato with price lists reportedly reaching S/30,000.
- The arrests and attacks come as the Observatorio de Criminalidad logged 13,892 extortion complaints through July and the government pushes legal and penitentiary reforms to curb prison‑linked networks and rising violence.