Overview
- Interior Minister Vicente Tiburcio said half of officers will patrol in uniform on established routes, while the other half will operate in plain clothes and board vehicles to identify criminals.
- The rollout follows a recent gun attack on a San Germán bus, with authorities engaging transport unions to coordinate the response.
- Protective steps include stronger identity confidentiality for complainants, activation of panic buttons, and intelligence-led monitoring to prevent armed attacks.
- Police will intensify operations against illegal cellphone and SIM markets commonly used to coordinate threats and extortion payments.
- The government extended the state of emergency, and the minister ruled out a curfew; local reporting cites 56 slain drivers and about 30,000 extortion attempts this year.