Overview
- Mayor Aldo Carlos Mariños said he continues to receive messages demanding payments, citing figures of S/200,000 and at times S/100,000, in exchange for not killing him.
- He publicly rejected paying any 'quota' and asked the Interior Ministry for protection after weeks of intimidating messages.
- The threats follow earlier incidents he reported, including intimidation in May and recent hacking that blocked his phones and conveyed death threats.
- Mariños said he held four meetings with national authorities in the last month, three with President José Jerí, focused on a hospital for Pataz and road improvements.
- He set Nov. 5 for a clear technical response from ministries and warned he will return to Lima next week to chain himself and begin a hunger strike if no answers arrive.