Overview
- In Lima, police investigate a Santa Anita homicide captured on CCTV after a man was shot and dumped from a car, and a separate Rímac case in which a 45‑year‑old mototaxi driver was fatally stabbed by two fake passengers who fled.
- Valencia applies holiday access restrictions in the city center from 17:00 to 22:00 on designated dates, diverts multiple EMT bus lines, and stations police at major shopping areas to manage heavy foot traffic.
- Buenos Aires operates public transport on special schedules, keeps hospital critical services open 24 hours, suspends trash collection on Dec 24, relaxes parking rules, and installs 30 alcohol‑testing checkpoints for the night.
- Badajoz deploys a special device to prevent street drinking on Dec 24 and 31 and Jan 5, conducts citywide alcohol and drug checks, and blocks traffic around central festivities under a Local Security plan.
- Environmental agencies warn of conditions affecting celebrations, with a double yellow alert for heat and strong storms in Rosario on Dec 24 and a Senamhi advisory about potential air‑quality deterioration in Lima’s north and east with heavy pyrotechnics.