Overview
- Gunfire struck a Line 41 bus at its final stop on Dec. 6 in Villa El Salvador, with at least seven rounds hitting a window and a front tire.
- A witness said the assailant waited for the driver to step away before opening fire and then fled into a nearby passage where an accomplice was believed to be waiting.
- Transport workers report an extortion campaign since September, including a daily S/20 payment and prior salary deductions of S/10 plus S/20 that they said were framed as protection funds.
- The company says at least three criminal groups are pressuring the route and it was assessing whether to operate on Wednesday as authorities advance the probe.
- Police and the Depincri Villa El Salvador are analyzing footage from municipal and nearby business cameras, and a separate attack the same night wounded a driver from another line who remains stable.