Overview
- The 24-hour shutdown began at 12:00 a.m. on January 14, with unions saying more than 22,000 buses, cústers and combis from roughly 320–340 companies suspended service.
- The ATU said the Metropolitano, complementary corridors, Metro Lines 1 and 2, and the Aerodirecto airport service would operate on regular schedules, with full fleets from 5 a.m.
- President José Jerí met transport leaders, acknowledged delays in issuing the regulation for Law No. 32490, and pledged to publish it by Saturday.
- Multiple universities and institutes moved activities online for the day, and the Labor Ministry urged telework with a four-hour tolerance for late arrivals.
- A Contraloría audit found 1,730 inoperable police vehicles and 1,823 malfunctioning computers in stations, underscoring security capacity gaps behind the unions’ demands.