Overview
- Transportes Unidos spokesman Martín Ojeda confirmed the stoppage would not extend to January 15 and that formal services resume today.
- Roughly 320 operators and about 20,000 vehicles halted service on January 14, leaving key terminals empty and pushing riders to pricier informal options.
- Gremios staged the action over a surge in extortion and deadly attacks on drivers, urging swift regulation and enforcement of Law 32490.
- Some leaders rejected an improvised meeting with President José Jerí, describing it as a media show and questioning the government’s commitment.
- The Ministry of Labor allowed a four-hour tolerance for delayed workers, and local media reported a taxi driver, Julio López Tahuada, was found killed during the stoppage.