Overview

• La 50, operated by Empresa San Sebastián, announced an indefinite suspension on September 27 following violence against transport workers in Lima.
• The stoppage applies to its route linking San Juan de Lurigancho with Callao to safeguard drivers and passengers.
• Police reported extortion notes linked to cobro de cupos after September 24 shootings that hit buses from 41 S.A., Santa Catalina, Huáscar and Las Flores.
• Other incidents included gunfire on a Nueva América bus in Independencia and attacks in SJL on Transporte Huáscar and Line 57 in Las Flores, with injuries reported.
• Santa Catalina registered a fifth attack this year with a driver wounded at a fuel station in SJL as extortion complaints in Lima rose 54.5% from January to July, according to SIDPOL.