More than half a hundred public transport companies in Lima have decided to temporarily suspend their routes this Tuesday to take part in a day of protest and mobilization promoted by the Asociación Nacional de Integración de Transportistas (ANITRA), following the recent murder of a driver in Pamplona Alta and the upsurge in extortion against the lines that operate in Peru’s capital.
The action measure includes an assembly starting at 7.00 a.m. (local time) in the vicinity of the Plaza de Acho. From that point, the transporters’ columns will head toward the headquarters of the Congress of the Republic to directly demand the approval of legislative and urgent security measures in the face of the rise in criminality, as the local newspaper "La República" has reported.
ANITRA’s president, Martín Valeriano, has denounced the "inaction of the Government," led by Keiko Fujimori, and has warned that affiliated companies will keep their units on standby during the march, without ruling out a call for a new strike if their demands are not met.
The immediate origin of this new mobilization has been the shooting murder of Ismael Yanez, a driver of the A2 line who was carrying out the route between Chorrillos and San Juan de Miraflores. The driver was attacked on Sunday by two individuals who were riding a motorcycle in the Pamplona Alta area and died shortly afterward, after crashing his vehicle while trying to escape to seek help.
According to records from the Observatorio contra la Criminalidad of the Ministerio Público, cited by the same outlet, between January and October 27, 2026, 164 attacks against transport workers were counted in the country, with a tally of 93 deaths and 124 injured. In the accumulated total since 2024, armed attacks against the sector already reach 291 cases and a total of 188 people killed.