Roadblock in puno
and juliaca
The Puno region is now the only one in the entire national territory that
has blockades at various points on its roads due to protests by
demonstrators demanding new presidential elections and the
dissolution of Congress. Only on Saturday and Sunday were there
truces in the cities of Puno and Juliaca. Sutran has detected 33
roadblocks that hinder free vehicular traffic to other regions of the
country. The main road affected is the. Longitudinal of the Sierra Sur
with impediment to the passage of vehicles for several kilometers. Also
the roads, Juliaca-Putina-Sandia-Azata; AyaviriAsillo; Calapuja-
Macusani-Lechemayo; the Torata-Mazocruz-Desaguadero highway and
the Arequipa-Santa Lucía-Juliaca distribution highway
- El Collao: Mazocruz - Torata Highway from kilometer 171 to kilometer 226.
Reason: Indefinite strike. Locals demand new presidential elections and the
dissolution of the Congress of the Republic. Registration carried out by the PNP
Mazocruz.
Pichacani: Via Humajalso, Loripongo at kilometer 32.
Information gathered by CEOPOL. So far three passengers are stranded on this
road.
- Azángaro: Calapuja - Macusani - Lechemayo road at kilometer 71.
Information provided by PNP Juliaca.
- Azángaro: Calapuja - Macusani - Lechemayo road at kilometer 99+500.
Information provided by PNP Juliaca. The strike is concentrated on the Palmera
Bridge.
- Carabaya and Macusani: Calapuja - Macusani - Lechemayo road at kilometer
180.
Information provided by PNP Juliaca.
- Carabaya - Ayapata: Urcos - Mazuco - Iñapari Highway at kilometer
352+800.
Information provided by PNP Juliaca (San Gaban).
Some of the restricted roads in Puno surround the city of Juliaca and these are:
- Longitudinal highway of the southern highlands in San Roman (Caracoto
sector).
- Highway Arequipa - Santa Lucía, Juliaca.
- Road Jualiaca - Lampa from kilometer 1 to kilometer 30.
- Road Juliaca - Putina - Sandia - Azata between kilometer 4 and 10 in San
Román
six roads that remain blocked by protesters in
southern Peru.Sutrán reported that in the region of
Puno there are six points with interrupted traffic.The
Superintendence of Land Transportation of People,
Cargo and Goods (Sutrán) issued a report so that
carriers and various people entering or leaving Puno
know which roads are blocked.
Longitudinal of the southern highlands at kilometer 1294 in
Lampa - Calapuja.
Ministry of Defense confirms the unblocking of the Puno -
Arequipa highway.
Through a press release from the Peruvian Ministry of Defense
(Mindef), it was
learned that the road from the town of Ichu, Chimu sector to the
province of
Chucuito was unblocked. The work was carried out by the
Infantry Battalion N°55
of the Peruvian Army.
Puno is the only region of the country that still has roads
blocked by protesters against the government of President
Dina Boluarte. There are 35 points with interrupted traffic
since the first week of January 2023. Transport and trade
in crisis the southern region, maintained that the
strongest blockades are between Puno and Desaguadero,
Puno and Madre de Dios, Puno and Arequipa, as well as
between Puno and Moquegua. He added that the police
and military forces no longer go to these points to clear
the roads.