Agents of the National Police and Digesett have used tear gas to stop a protest by dozens of public shared taxi drivers who were complaining about the pilot route by OMSA buses on Abraham Lincoln Avenue. The route has been a monopoly of the shared taxis (conchos) for years.
Five public shared taxis were confiscated by agents from the General Office of Transit Security Digesett) and cones were placed along the edge of the road to prevent the taxis from stopping and picking up or dropping off passengers.
Some of the buses from the Metropolitan Office of Bus Services (OMSA) were operating normally despite the protests.
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Diario Libre
Listin Diario
26 September 2018
