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Partial Transport Strike Grips Lima and Callao as Unions Protest Deadly Extortion

Unions cast the stoppage as a response to lethal extortion outpacing recent emergency measures.

Overview

  • Early-morning engines-off actions, marches and bus caravans toward Congress reduced service on many routes, while the Metropolitano and the Metro ran under heavy demand.
  • Authorities moved public schools to remote learning, granted two hours of workplace tolerance, and deployed police with 21 institutional buses to ferry passengers.
  • Reports from several districts cited long queues, scarce buses and higher informal fares, notably in Ventanilla, Puente Piedra and Lima Norte.
  • Police and media recorded new extortion-linked attacks, including a mototaxi set ablaze in Independencia and shots fired at a bus in Chorrillos before dawn.
  • Transport leaders pressed for concrete security measures and signaled possible further mobilizations, as others pursued dialogue and EsSalud offered easy appointment rebooking for those unable to travel.