Overview

• the Presidency of the Council of Ministers set a joint working table for today at 8:30 a.m. with the Executive, Congress and Lima–Callao transport unions, with a broader interinstitutional session scheduled for October 14.
• service disruptions continue as Santa Catalina keeps its halt, La Roma marks eight days without operations, and Chama suspends routes, while families of wounded drivers held a fundraiser in San Juan de Lurigancho for medical costs.
• the Interior Ministry and National Police say extortion against transport is the top priority with intensified operations and coordination with prosecutors, as the transport minister characterizes the protests as directed at organized crime.
• political pressure grows with congressional moves to consider an emergency designation and legal changes, congresswoman Norma Yarrow urging Interior Minister Carlos Malaver to resign, and business groups demanding concrete security plans by October 14.
• regional unrest expands as CUNARC ronderos in Cajamarca maintain an indefinite strike with more road blockades affecting interprovincial travel, while the October 6 stoppage cost an estimated S/100 million and prosecutors count about 118 transport victims since August 2024.