trabajar como chaleco

13:14 Feb 1 

= vigilantes. And "seudoronderos" could be "fake vigilantes". (Other options are also available).

01:06 Feb 1 

Las rondas y ronderos serían algo equiparable a lo que se llama patrullas ciudadanas.
La cuestión es que no lo son de verdad, son falsas.
False, fake could rend that sense in English as I see it now

22:33 Jan 31 

I think "henchmen" or "enforcers" are better options than bodyguards. However, thank you for your kind words, but I will refrain from entering a proposal. The term that bothers me more is "seudoronderos" (not asked for in this question) and I certainly would not use "pseudo". Perhaps, "self-styled". Apart from this additional link: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acd334.html, I will leave it there.
The term rondero denotes a member of a ronda (short form of the singular ronda campesina, although the term also applies to the rondas urbanas mentioned below). Ronderos is the plural of the term rondero. In addition to this terminology found in the attached documents, a glossary of terms published by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service states that rondas are known also as rondas de defensa civil and its members are called montoneros (INS 1992, 297).

20:36 Jan 31 

I assume you are a speaker of US English. In that case, you should know the difference between a criminal enforcer and and a (non-criminal) bodyguard. I also think that "henchmen" is a better option than "bodyguards" in this particular case.

16:09 Jan 31 

I would like to select your answer, but I need you to propose it first. Right now the only answer being proposed is 'enforcer'

15:54 Jan 31 

las rondas o ronderos de hoy parecen tener un cariz muy diferente. En esencia pueden ser similares, pero estas están formados desde estructuras estatales y los que menciona phil son de grupos insurgentes armados.

Las referencias las puse para poner en contexto "chalecos" (popular o informal de por sí) y dejar claro que no se trata de guardaespaldas oficiales, formales o convencionales porque son grupos de dudosa o ninguna legalidad.

Por eso, sugería buscar un término coloquial o informal en vez de "body guard". Se puede comprender, es estándar o neutro pero quizás haya una expresión más popular o callejera, como la que sugiere neil.

15:50 Jan 31 

Thank you. I forgot to spell Perú out.

15:30 Jan 31 

Just to confirm Taña´s suggestion in her previous entry.
https://www.asale.org/damer/chaleco
Diccionario de americanismos
Chaleco
Pe. Guardaespaldas. urb; pop

"Pe." stands for "Perú".

14:38 Jan 31 

Rondas campesinas (lit. 'peasant rounds') are autonomous peasant patrols in rural Peru. The rondas were especially active during the early 1980s in northern Peru and during internal conflict in Peru with the insurgency of the Maoist group Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondas_campesinas

I think you need to add an explanatory sentence to your translation.

11:27 Jan 31 

It is about protecting the people doing an illegal work.
Regarding the patrol group members who work as "shields" for drug trafficking, he indicated that there are multiple police reports. "These actors are dedicated to covering illegal activities by taking, let's say, actions that are of a banditry or sabotage nature, which has also led to the death of mining project workers. These pseudo self-defense group members now handle weapons and engage in activities that are not consistent with the original task assigned to them by the State," he emphasized.

02:40 Jan 31 

https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/chaleco
14 Colloquial chaleco [m] PE bodyguard

Yes, you guessed correctly.