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Least 108 Arrested As Peru Paralyzed By
Transportation Strike
Lima - At least 108 people were arrested in Peru's
capital Lima on Tuesday in the violence sparked by a
24-hour transportation strike, authorities said.
Some 58 people were arrested in the capital's Cono
Norte area, said Julio Talledo, a public affairs
prosecutor in the Interior Ministry. Another 50
people were being held in the Social Matters
Division's cells, he added.
Charges on the arrestees included breaking the
windscreen of police cars, obstructing public
transportation, public nuisance and damaging public
property.
Transportation workers in Peru are on a strike to
demand a reduction in traffic infraction fines.
Thousands of residents in the greater Lima area were
forced to walk or take taxicars to commute as most
public transportation was brought to a halt.
Peru's Labor Ministry gave its employees an extra
two hours to travel to work, and some 5,300 police
officers are patrolling the streets in Lima to
maintain order.
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