Overview

• The 24-hour stoppage on Thursday targets urban routes in Lima and Callao, with organizers also planning a march in central Lima and some firms like San Sebastián’s ‘La 50’ already suspending service after attacks.
• Organizers give sharply different turnout counts, with estimates ranging from roughly 72 to about 460 companies, underscoring internal splits across the transport sector.
• Unions cite extortion, explosive attacks and contract killings against drivers, and a crime observatory reports nearly 200 transport-linked homicides nationwide through August, with mototaxi and taxi workers heavily affected.
• Sector leaders are demanding state indemnities for families of murdered drivers and the creation of an elite unit integrating the National Police, Public Ministry and Judiciary with oversight measures including asset controls.
• Education officials say school activities will proceed as normal for now but may shift to virtual if required, and union leaders warn the strike could become indefinite if further killings occur.