Overview
- He says the messages came from a group calling itself Los Injertos de VMT and were shared via screenshots on X on October 25.
- The WhatsApp text warned they would “act” if he refused to pay and claimed his route and his mother’s had been mapped.
- The demand sought S/300 each week and included a Yape QR code for payment.
- The message was signed “ATTE: Eliot Paredes Paucar,” according to the screenshots republished by local outlets.
- He publicly criticized interim President José Jerí’s anti-crime efforts, and prior posts this year included a bomb threat he said he did not report to police.