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Two Targeted Killings Reported in Callao as Police Review CCTV

Investigators in Bellavista are examining video evidence under a primary hypothesis of a settling of scores.

El crimen ha ocurrido en la urbanización Tarapacá.
El crimen se produjo alrededor de las 9:00 p. m., en el cruce de las avenidas Óscar Benavides y Santa Rosa, a pocos metros del Poder Judicial del Callao.
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Overview

  • On Monday night, informal transport driver Michael Alva Reyes, 36, was shot while driving with passengers at the Óscar Benavides and Santa Rosa intersection and was later pronounced dead at Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrión.
  • Police said the colectivo was boxed in by two vehicles before attackers got out, fired multiple rounds, and fled, and no passengers were reported injured.
  • Depincri de Bellavista leads the case and is reviewing nearby security cameras to identify suspects, with no arrests announced.
  • RPP reported a separate daytime killing in urbanización Tarapacá, where a driver was shot by two assailants on a motorcycle and preliminarily identified as Giancarlos Jesús Felipe Mendoza.
  • Authorities and local reporting link the incidents to a broader rise in extortion and hit-style killings in Callao during 2025, heightening concern over safety on informal transport routes.