Overview
- Organizers led by Martín Ojeda say roughly 250 routes will switch off engines from 5:00 a.m. to midnight as part of a peaceful mobilization.
- The protest responds to escalating extortion and the recent killings of drivers José Johnny Esqueche Ñingles, known as ‘Brujito’, and Leoncio Sandoval Castro in Callao.
- ATU states services will run normally, with the Metropolitano operating 5:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m., corridors and feeder buses 5:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m., Line 1 from 5:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m., Line 2 from 6:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m., and AeroDirecto running 24 hours.
- The Lima regional education authority directs public and private schools to hold in-person classes, while several universities have announced virtual instruction for November 4.
- Transport leaders Héctor Vargas and Ricardo Pareja say their members will not join the stoppage, as a published list names firms expected to suspend service including Sol de Oro, Santa Catalina, Urbanito, Etuchisa, El Rápido and Corporación CTI.