The favourite tactic here to gain attention to your protest is to block roads. However, 2 current disputes saw more active action by the police than is normally the case (probably due to the history of dictators and authoritarian governments, and the role that the police force had under those, authorities tend to take a more softly softly approach to things).
29 dump truck drivers were arrested, and their vehicles impounded, after they closed the Cinta Costera, the seafront highway in the city. This came after the protest caused knock-on effects elsewhere that gradually paralysed the city.
Meanwhile, Crowd Control units of the National Police removed vehicles and tanker trucks used by firefighters to block roads in the province of Colón, in a protest over salary increases.
2 JUNE 2023
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