Overview
- Bus driver José Cumpa Chavesta died after his vehicle was set ablaze in El Agustino, with security footage showing attackers arriving on motorcycles and using an incendiary device.
- Relatives say they received death threats invoking the group “Los Mexicanos” during the wake and reported a motorcycle surveilling the funeral proceedings.
- In a separate incident near Puente Nuevo, a 16-year-old confronted a man demanding a S/5 payoff on a Line C bus as passengers and a transit officer detained the suspect identified as Jonathan García Velásquez.
- Transport representatives report that extortionists sent copies of workers’ national ID cards and infiltrated company communication channels to pressure Etsibosa staff.
- Official data show 125 extortion-linked attacks in Lima and Callao from August 2024 to December 2025 with 93 deaths, with 10 more drivers killed so far in 2026.