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Insecurity and instability drive voters in Peru's tight presidential race
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- Ione Wells Peru BBCBus driver Toño says a criminal gang shot him in the legs and body after demanding money."If you don't meet our demands, we will kill your drivers."
- This message, demanding about $15,000, was sent by a criminal gang to a bus company in a poor suburb of Peru's capital, Lima.
- I was out of work for four months, now I work with fear.
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Ione Wells Peru BBCBus driver Toño says a criminal gang shot him in the legs and body after demanding money."If you don't meet our demands, we will kill your drivers."
This message, demanding about $15,000, was sent by a criminal gang to a bus company in a poor suburb of Peru's capital, Lima. It preceded an armed attack on bus driver, Toño.
"They shot me in the legs and abdomen. I was out of work for four months, now I work with fear. Although my wounds are dry, internally I feel pain," he says.
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