Transporters and authorities of the Customs Administration announced that the blockade that a group of neighbors and community on the CA-2 Oriente route on the Bernal Diaz del Castillo bridge persists on a few kilometers to reach the customs Pedro de Alvarado, Jutiapa.
Héctor Fajardo, manager of the Central American Chamber of Transporters (Catransca), and Edwin Orlando Cuttizer, Customs Mayor of the Superintendence of Tax Administration (SAT), reported that the step is interrupted and this Sunday is the fourth day in which the measure is maintained.
Fajardo explained that a tanker truck of the Municipality of Moyuta, provided supply of drinking water for pilots and crews that are stranded and is estimated to be about 600 units of heavy transport with diverse merchandise that are destined for the Savior and other countries of the region.
In addition, that the National Civil Police (PNC) and Municipal Traffic Police (PMT) of that municipality provide perimeter security.
“The impact is huge and there are raw materials and finished products that have to reach their destinations,” said the Catransca manager. The other impact is that the transport unit is without activity, which generates additional costs.
The mayor reiterated that there are agreements with the customs authorities of El Salvador in order to speed up the passage of vehicles when the route is released.
Release the blocked points
Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala (CCG) and the Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations (CACIF), spoke this Sunday for the blockade that began last Thursday, February 27.
“These illegal actions threaten the free locomotion of people, goods and goods, directly affecting the economy of Guatemalan families and increasing the price of the products we all consume,” says the Cacif statement.
The CCG statement indicates that “these abusive and illegal actions constitute an outrage to the constitutional guarantees of the Guatemalans and will have serious impacts for the national and regional economy.”
The Commerce Sector and the Guatemalan Chamber of Industry (CIG) filed an amparo action to the Constitutional Court to protect the rights of all Guatemalans.
Both sectors agree that the points that are blocked are due to release.
The origin of the blockade
A group of neighbors and community of the place known as La Barona in Jutiapa near the customs Pedro de Alvarado, demands the restart of the works that a company was doing; However, they were suspended.
As a protest measure and demand, they began a block in the transit of vehicles that communicates to El Salvador, affecting the logistics chain.