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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Carlos Mandujano and Hector Velasco with AFP offices in Bogota and Quito

Pay Up, Or Else: Latin America Cowed By Lucrative Extortion

A businesswoman shows a bullet hole in her vehicle fired by gang members intimidating her to pay for protection in Lima (Credit: AFP)

Before he opened a new sauna in eastern Lima, Eduardo started receiving extortion messages from a local gang. He ignored them.

Then, one night, a gunman on a motorbike opened fire on the unoccupied premises, which were still being refurbished, and a video of the attack was sent to his phone.

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