Overview

• After late-night talks led by Premier Eduardo Arana, the government and transport representatives agreed to suspend the stoppage, install a ministerial working table on Oct. 14, support victims’ families, and coordinate flagrancia units and prison phone-line blocks with prosecutors and courts.
• Several lines in San Juan de Lurigancho and Ventanilla kept units off the road and staged blockades, prompting ATU detours and police operations that later cleared key access points as most services gradually resumed.
• In Cajamarca, ronderos blocked the Fernando Belaúnde Terry highway near Chiple and Chamaya and temporarily detained four plainclothes intelligence officers, which the police confirmed.
• Hours after the suspension, a Line D driver was shot in San Juan de Miraflores; police cited initial evidence suggesting the attack was not an extortion case.
• President Dina Boluarte’s advice to ignore extortion messages drew criticism, transport leaders said the action is only suspended and could return after another killing, the Catholic Church backed the protests, Anitra said it will seek help from El Salvador, and police data show extortion complaints up about 29% this year to 18,385.