Feared Peruvian hitman is gunned down at point-blank range while waiting for a trim at his local barber shop by rival assassin
- Oscar Martin Martin Mendoza Barrero was in the barbers in Callao, Argenitna
- The gunman missed with his first shot but then hit Barrero in the head
- Barrero was on bail awaiting extradition to his native Peru at the time of his death
- His boss, Bhell Bhoy Arbin Santillan Rios, is currently on jail facing gun charges
A drugs gang hitman was gunned down in a shocking assassination as he waited to have his hair cut in a barber shop.
Victim Oscar Martin Mendoza Barrero had been checking his phone at the hairdressers in Callao, Argentina, when he was shot in the head.
CCTV footage of the slaying shows Barrero sitting on a bench waiting for his turn on the barber's chair.
Feared Peruvian hit man Oscar Martin Mendoza Barrero, pictured sitting on the bench, was awaiting a hair cut at a barber shop in Callao, Argentina
A gunman approached Barrero from Behind and opened fire at point blank range
Barrero raised his hands after the first round missed, but the second hit him in the skull
But as he looks down at his smartphone, an assassin wearing a motorcycle helmet and armed with a handgun walks in through the door behind him.
Astonishingly, his first shot - at point blank range - misses Barrero, who ducks and throws both arms up behind his head.
The second shot, however, hits him square in the back of his skull, sending him to the floor.
Then, as he backs out of the door, the gunman fires twice more into his victim's head.
Barrero was left dead on the floor following the sneak attack which was caught on CCTV
Local media reports that Barrero is an assistant to notorious hitman Bhell Bhoy Arbin Santillan Rios, known as 'Servando' ('the Servant').
Officials from Argentina's Directorate of Criminal Investigation say Peruvian national Barrero was on bail pending extradition proceedings.
He and Servando - currently in jail - are linked to drug dealing, weapons possession, forgery and other crimes.
Detectives believe Barrero was probably executed after falling out with a rival gang.
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