Overview
- Transport groups confirmed a full-day stoppage starting at 00:00 on Wednesday, Jan. 14, in Lima and Callao, with marches planned and some firms free to operate if they choose.
- Organizers estimate roughly 22,000 vehicles will halt service, with dozens of companies indicating they will join the action.
- Leaders cite escalating extortion and attacks, reporting daily 'cupos' near S/10 per vehicle and demands up to S/30, along with recent shootings and an explosive attack on a bus.
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez said some workers may be tied to gangs and President José Jerí backed that concern, while unions rejected the insinuations as stigmatizing and demanded evidence.
- Jerí promised to publish the regulation for Law No. 32490 within days and to present a security plan, yet unions call the law unimplemented and say promises do not address urgent risks; the president said he would join the strike if it goes ahead.