Overview
- In Huancayo, violent confrontations erupted as the municipality cleared Jirón Cajamarca, and the seasonal fair was reinstalled along Calle Real from Jirón Huánuco to Piura with more than 350 vendors and a revised security plan.
- Authorities set traffic detours and said use of Jirón Cajamarca for commerce will be allowed only on specific dates including December 24, 25, 31 and January 1.
- In Piura’s Complejo de Mercados, ambulant vendors blocked streets and openly offered prohibited pyrotechnics despite the hiring of 200 municipal inspectors.
- Lima saw intense pre‑Christmas congestion, with dense informal vending along Avenida Abancay even as city inspectors patrolled, and legal specialists urged orderly formalization under Municipal Ordinance 1787.
- Holiday demand remained strong at organized turkey sales and markets, with long lines at San Fernando paviferias in Lima and Huancayo stalls reporting turkey around S/15.50–S/17 per kilo, pork at S/17, and cuy at S/20–S/33.