Overview
- Transport unions including Transportistas Unidos, ANCPP and Conet Perú plan a 24‑hour “apagado de motores” from 00:00 on Tuesday, November 4 to protest extortions and killings.
- Major associations say they will operate after talks with the government, and PNP commander Óscar Arriola said about 95% of formal companies are not expected to stop.
- Callao‑area groups in Callao, Ventanilla, Pachacútec and Mi Perú scheduled a regional protest and march for Monday, November 3 against escalating threats and attacks.
- In the early hours of Sunday, attackers shot at the HRE Express depot in Ventanilla and left a death threat attributed to “Los Malditos de Gambetta”; police cordoned the site, reinforced security with the Armed Forces and reported arrests linked to recent attacks.
- Despite a state of emergency declared on October 22, two drivers were killed last week on Avenida Néstor Gambetta and SINADEF tallied 28 transport‑linked homicides in 15 days, prompting universities like PUCP and the University of Lima to shift Tuesday classes online.