Overview

• Police detained 17 people, including a 17‑year‑old, in Puente Piedra during Thursday’s protests, with the CNDDHH alleging more than four hours without observer or prosecutorial access and demanding intervention.
• After meeting transport representatives, congressional leaders set a 10‑day deadline to present a bill creating a specialized anti‑extortion police unit and 30 working days to open debate, plus a permanent monitoring table.
• The stoppage by more than 200 transport guilds disrupted Lima and Callao with blockages and tire‑puncturing of noncompliant buses, as the transport minister downplayed the strike and the president floated a transport emergency.
• Union leaders tie the action to a surge in extortion and targeted killings, with an observatory reporting roughly 180 transport‑sector homicides from January to August.
• In separate Argentine operations, federal agents seized over 260 kilos of cocaine in the Buenos Aires area and arrested two suspects, while another case saw the capture of Juan Pereyra after a 301‑kilo marijuana haul, as a federal judge pressed for more technology such as mobile scanners.