Missing taxi driver is found dead in his own car in Villa El Salvador

Early this Friday, the body of a man was found dead inside his vehicle near the Villa El Salvador Emergency Hospitallocated on 200 miles avenue.

The man identified as Marcelo Machaca PandiaAnd driver 54, had been missing by his family since early Thursday morning until, after searching from hospital to hospital, they found the vehicle with tinted windows near the door of this health center.

They believed that Marcelo Machaca had been admitted to the hospital, but when he refused, they came back to try to open the car with the help of the Police. There, in the backseat, they found the man sprawled from side to side, naked and lifeless. There was no trace of blood.

His clothes, cell phone and money were also not found. Traders in the area said the vehicle appeared around 9 a.m. Thursday, but they did not realize who was driving it.

Marcelo Machaca worked as driver for 10 years and preferred the early morning hours to pick up club customers. The vehicle where he was found had been purchased four months ago.

Ángela Quillán, wife of the victim, asks the authorities of the municipality of Villa Salvador and from the same hospital so that she could examine the security cameras in the area and see if they were able to record any indications of how her husband was murdered.

“I don’t know what could have happened to my husband to find him here in the hospital in Villa El Salvador. (…) I demand justice. I thought he was inside the hospital and found him locked in the car,” the woman said. RPP News.

The victim was last seen on the Panamericana Sur auxiliary road, near the Alipio bridge, where she was taking a taxi. A security camera was able to record when the vehicle is approached by a couple and then apparently start the service Taxi.

The vehicle was removed from the area and taken to the Pachacamac urbanization police station.

On the other hand, another case of alleged hitman was recorded around 10 p.m. this Thursday in the district of Saint John of Luriganchoa man with a criminal record was killed by two subjects on a motorcycle.

The criminals went straight to their target and shot him twice in the head before fleeing through Héroes del Cenepa Avenue. The victim was identified as José Eduardo Aranda Ramos, 45, who was walking on this busy road.

Aranda Ramos, known locally as “El Mostrito”, has been detained more than ten times since 2017 for the crime of drug trafficking. The police think it would be a crime for the account.

Until February of 2023 they registered 44 complaints for hitman in Peruwhich exceeded the 23 that were achieved in the same period in 2022, which represents an increase of almost 50% of casesaccording to data from the Peruvian National Police.

“It is true that cases have increased compared to last year, but the Peruvian National Police has done a coordinated job in order to neutralize (these cases),” Col. Víctor Revoredo, head of Dirincri’s Homicide Division, told Latina Noticias.

Revoredo revealed that some of the cases involved disputes between members of criminal gangs.