With these arrests, add 12 the entrepreneurs arrested In this context, those who are indicated of the crimes of breach of duties, denial of help, extortion and peculation, according to the police that He has not provided more details about arrests.
On Monday, May 4, five entrepreneurs were arrested after hold a meeting with authorities of the Vice Ministry of Transportation.
Bukele announced Sunday night that Transport would be free all week at the national level, as a measure against “additional traffic” that is causing the work that They are carried out on one of the main roads – called Pan -American – of the Central American countrywhich connects the central area with the western one.
In the early hours of Monday, several bus stops They looked crowded with users who were looking to move to different destinationsaccording to various local media.
The situation has been normalized between Tuesday and Wednesday, although some groups of groups They continue with a considerable flow of people.
The Salvadoran president published a message on his Facebook account on Monday in which he assured that “many public transport entrepreneurs did not go out to provide the service that corresponds to them (…) This action constitutes a clear sabotage to the country, and as always, the most affected is the people. ”
“The National Civil Police must proceed with the capture of the owners of the routes involved“, Nayib Bukele wrote.
Lighter hours, the police reported the arrest of entrepreneurs Genaro Ramírez, José Alejandro Arriaza, Alexander Sorto, Abel Reina and Nelson Moreno.
We have proceeded with the capture of transport entrepreneurs that this day did not provide the service normally or were charging the ticket, although the government had already covered that payment.
▫️Genaro Ramírez, Aeas
▫️José Alejandro Arriaza, vice president of Route 202 … pic.twitter.com/tdq3tgsxo9
– PNC El Salvador (@PNCSV) May 5, 2025
“We have proceeded with the capture of transport entrepreneurs that this day (Monday) did not provide the service normally or They were charging the passage, despite the fact that the government had already covered that payment“, The National Police published in the Social Network X.
Yesterday the National Civil Police reported on the capture of five bus carriers under accusations of breach of duties, denial of help and extortion.
The capture are: Napoleon Humberto Cárcamo López, Ángel Monroy Cabrera, Rutilio Guardado … pic.twitter.com/8wvl5l6bjy
– The lighthouse (@_elfaro_) May 7, 2025
The collective transport service will be free until May 11, Bukele indicated.
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