Lima, no man’s land: the wave of murders intensified in the capital this week [RESUMEN]

Lima, no man’s land. This is the title of a note that, in addition to summarizing how chaotic this week has been for capitalshows that the state of emergency, which is being extended for the fifth time by the government, is doing little to combat crime rates or reduce homicide rates.

RPP News did the count killings that this week his journalistic team covered the streets of Lima. The day began on Tuesday, October 11, when a man was shot and killed one block from the San Genaro police station, in the Chorrillo.

Victim identified as Ronald Hiraola, was waiting for his wife at the door of his work, when a man appeared on a motorcycle. The alleged hitman pulled out a pistol and, without saying a word, fired at him in cold blood.

“He was waiting for me to go home from work, and then a motorcycle passed by and he shot at him. We are one block from the police station, on the whole avenue,” said the wife of the victim.

Agents National Police succeeded in apprehending a murder suspect Ronald Hiraola and then transferred to Police station sectors.

Relatives and friends of the victim arrived on the scene and held a sit-in demanding justice and not releasing the alleged assassin.

The driver of the combination car died on the road in Santa Anita.

On Wednesday, October 12, the wave of murders continued. On that day, a combi driver named Germán Mendoza Espiritu (38) was shot and killed in the middle of the journey. The crime took place on Los Chunkas Avenue in Santa Anita.

A hired killer posed as a passenger in order to board the craft, which followed the Santa Anita Ata route; then he pulled out a pistol and shot the driver up to five times in the back.

The attacker then got out of the car and fired a shot into the air to intimidate passengers and bystanders and thus facilitate their escape.

Classmates from German Spirit of Mendoza They said the driver was threatened by a gang of extortionists who charged them quotas so they could continue working.

The driver was killed for refusing to pay the criminals ten soles a day.

This will be the second public transport driver killed by this gang of extortionists.

Young father killed in front of son in Comas

On Thursday the 13th, the young father of a family was gunned down in front of his son while resisting the theft of a motorcycle. This crime took place in José Santos Figueroa Giron, in commas.

Luis Angel Vilcabana Reyes (28) came to her partner’s work to pick up her 8 year old son; when he was intercepted by two armed criminals who pointed guns at him.

raiders He was required to hand over the keys to the motorcycle, but the young man refused. The criminals shot him up to four times in retaliation. It all happened in front of the astonished gaze of the young son of the victim.

While young man dad He was dying, the criminals searched his pockets and backpack in search of valuables, and later fled in an unknown direction.

Still with vital signs Luis Angel Vilcabana Reyes He was rushed to Collick Hospital, but died on the way.

Relatives said that the victim was a courier, so his working tool was a motorcycle. Because of this, the man resisted handing over the keys to his car; the fact that is finally decanted in his murder.

In San Borja, gunmen shot dead a man.

On the same Thursday, a man named Jefferson Oro Chavez was shot and killed at the intersection of lanes 2 and 6 in the urbanization of Las Camellia in the San Borja area.

young man He was on a motorcycle accompanied by womanwhen suddenly two unidentified men appeared, approached him and shot him in cold blood. Neighbors heard about a dozen shots.

The man died on the spot, and the woman, whose identity has not been established, was injured in a shootout, in connection with which she was taken to the emergency room. Casimiro Ulloa Hospital with a cautious prognosis.

Neighbours consulted, assured that they could not see the killersfor when they left the house, they found only the victims lying on the ground.

SJL: man shot several times at sports stove

Early this Saturday, October 15, a man was shot dead in the human settlement of Juan Pablo II, in the San Juan de Lurigancho district of Lima.

A victim known in the area was identified as José Colana White, who was at the sports ground where many children and young people go to play sports.

One witness said that the man was shot dead despite the presence of a group of teenagers playing volleyball nearby.

“I was in the park with my girlfriend, they play volleyball on the sports ground and at that moment a shot rang out. I turned around and the man fell. The man who fired ran away and was wearing a white hood. ” said the witness. News RPP.

SMP: chiferos were killed for resisting the robbery of the premises

The owner of the chief was shot dead this morning after resisting a robbery at his establishment located on the fifth block of San Bartolome Avenue in San Martin de Porres (SMP).

Witnesses told RPP News that two gunmen got out of a vehicle whose license plate had not yet been identified and entered the establishment to rob customers and take a day’s wage from Javier Delin Liao Li, the owner of the premises.

In the midst of his impotence and seeing how easily the criminals took his hard-earned money, Liao Li faced the criminals without thinking about the risk or the valuation that they would shoot him at chest level.

After the perpetrators fled in the car, Liao Li was rushed to the scene. Cayetano Heredia Hospital. Unfortunately, the owner of the establishment died on the way to the hospital.