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Lima and Callao Transport Unions Hold One-Day 'Engine-Off' Strike Over Driver Killings

Transport leaders call attention to extortion threats they say persist despite a state of emergency.

Overview

  • The stoppage on Tuesday, Nov. 4 is billed as a non-blocking protest, with organizers pledging not to close streets or avenues.
  • Multiple universities — PUCP, UNMSM, UNI, La Cantuta, Universidad de Lima, Universidad del Pacífico, Universidad San Martín de Porres, UARM, and Jaime Bausate y Meza — shifted classes and operations to remote formats for the day.
  • SINADEF recorded 28 transport-linked homicides within 15 days as the government’s Oct. 22 emergency put police and military on the streets.
  • Groups including Transportistas Unidos, Transporte Unido del Cono Este SJL, Nueva América, Conet, and ANCPP confirmed participation, with spokesman Martín Ojeda leading communications.
  • After an Oct. 6 work stoppage, unions signed a 15-day security accord with the Executive, which they argue failed to curb the violence; public schools plan to hold in-person classes, according to DRELM.