The president of the National and International Teamsters Association, Hernán Mendieta, specified that the 24-hour strike was agreed upon by 90 percent of the union’s groups, to be eventually joined by the Association of Grocers and other organizations.

President of the National Association of Teamsters Integration (Anitra), Martín Valeriano, one of the promoters of the urban transport strike in Lima on September 26, initially proposed to go on with the nation-wide walk out if Parliament does not repeal a law that reduces the fight against crime.

In his words, the code lessens the drastic nature of the fight against organized crime, by establishing greater requirements for the definition of a criminal group and weakening the elements of surprise on raids on suspects.

The Government has forwarded a bill to exact heavier prison sentences for roadblocks and obstruction of public services, while pushing another to try at military courts the crimes committed by military and police officers during states of emergency, like the ones currently in force in 14 municipalities of Lima.