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Lima and Callao Brace for Oct. 2 Transport Strike Over Security Crisis

Union leaders blame a surge in deadly extortion, pressing Congress for a dedicated multi‑agency unit.

Overview

  • Organizers call a 24-hour stoppage for Thursday with participation estimates ranging from dozens to several hundred companies, and some operators in Lima Este saying they will run normally.
  • ATU says the Metropolitano, complementary corridors, and Metro Lines 1 and 2, plus the AeroDirecto to Jorge Chávez Airport, will operate on regular schedules.
  • Education officials say public school classes remain in person for now, while universities including UNI, PUCP, Universidad del Pacífico, Universidad de Lima and parts of UNMSM move activities online.
  • Transport groups plan pre-concentrations from 7 a.m. and a march to Congress, seeking an elite unit combining the National Police, Prosecutor’s Office and Judiciary, as well as indemnities for families of slain drivers.
  • Recent cases fueling alarm include a shooting in Pichari that killed a police officer and two civilians and a multi-district chase ending in the capture of two robbery suspects near Jicamarca.