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Two Early-Morning Attacks on Lima Combis: Plainclothes Officer Kills Comas Suspect, Passenger Shot Dead in Surco

Investigators are probing possible extortion links tied to the assaults on informal vans.

Overview

  • In Comas, a plainclothes PNP officer fatally shot Ángel Enrique Paredes Ramos after he killed a combi driver, according to police.
  • Witnesses said the Comas attacker had posed as a passenger and allegedly extorted the driver before opening fire.
  • PNP commander general Óscar Arriola publicly described the officer’s use of lethal force as lawful.
  • In a separate incident in Surco, two gunmen opened fire on a combi near Mall del Sur, killing a passenger and injuring the driver and a woman.
  • Police recovered about 11 shell casings at the Surco scene and opened investigations into the shootings, including a possible accomplice in the Comas case.