Overview
- Transport companies reported 100% participation with more than 22,000 units stopped to protest grenade attacks, extortion and recent killings affecting drivers and passengers.
- President José Jerí traveled to Rímac to meet sector representatives, but several union leaders refused talks they labeled a media show and kept the strike in place.
- The administration pledged to publish the implementing rules for Law 32490 and to hold recurring dialogues, while unions pressed for a funded elite unit joining police, prosecutors and courts to dismantle extortion networks.
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez said some drivers and fare collectors are tied to criminal groups, a claim that unions condemned and demanded evidence for.
- Police chief Óscar Arriola reported no public‑order incidents during the stoppage, and separately Jerí acknowledged his December 26 late‑night meeting with businessman Zhihua Yang as a mistake that now faces congressional and party scrutiny.