Overview
- The 24-hour stoppage began at 00:00 with formal urban operators suspending service across Lima and Callao, causing long queues, scarce buses and higher fares charged by informal providers.
- Mass-transit systems kept running to mitigate the shock, with the ATU confirming normal operations on the Metropolitano, Complementary Corridors, Metro Lines 1 and 2, and the Aerodirecto airport link.
- The Labor Ministry urged employers to prioritize telework and grant a four-hour grace period for arrivals, while major universities shifted classes online and EsSalud allowed immediate rescheduling of missed medical appointments.
- Jerí met union representatives in Rímac and acknowledged delays on anti-extortion measures, promising to issue the long-awaited regulation for Law 32490 within days.
- Union leaders cite rampant extortion and attacks, including about 56 driver homicides in 2025, and they rejected Premier Ernesto Álvarez’s suggestion of transportist complicity, demanding evidence.