Taxi driver arrested in connection with fatal mototaxi hit in Chorrillos, Lima

Lima's Chorrillos district became the scene of another homicide as police discovered the bullet-ridden body of Carlos Miguel Vargas Ticona, known as 'Cañón,' inside the mototaxi he was driving. The 50-year-old victim had a history of police records.

In a rapid investigation, the Criminal Investigation Directorate apprehended a taxi driver, Antoni Aaron Vega Cornejo, 26, who allegedly transported the hitman. This arrest led investigators to believe the murder was a targeted execution, likely stemming from a dispute over criminal activities.

General Víctor Revoredo of the police stated that the crime is suspected to be linked to a power struggle over the micro-trafficking of drugs, land grabbing, and other illicit enterprises. The arrested taxi driver reportedly confessed that a man named Adrián, also known as 'Tiburón' in the criminal underworld, hired him to pick up an associate and drop them off at a specific location in Chorrillos to carry out the assassination.

The victim was driving his mototaxi when the attack occurred. Police gathered information and identified Vega Cornejo as a primary participant. The investigation is ongoing to apprehend the alleged hitman and fully understand the network involved in this fatal confrontation.