Overview
- All formal urban operators in Lima and Callao halted service on January 14, with more than 22,000 vehicles off the streets during the 24‑hour stoppage.
- Transport unions demand the immediate regulation of Law 32490 and the creation of a funded elite unit spanning the Police, Public Ministry and Judiciary to combat extortion.
- Leaders cite escalating violence, including reported grenade attacks on buses and nearly 10 drivers and passengers killed or injured in recent weeks, alongside 55 homicides nationwide in the year’s first 10 days.
- Many groups refused to meet President José Jerí during the stoppage, calling such engagements a media show, after Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez suggested some workers may be linked to criminal groups.
- Jerí acknowledged a December 26 secret meeting with businessman Zhihua Yang and pledged to provide explanations to Congress, as the government offered a formal dialogue process and indicated regulatory action was forthcoming.