They raised their voices in protest. After the President José Jerí announced that two people will be prohibited from traveling on a motorcycle, the president of the United Motorcycle Brothers Association of Peru, José Luis Huamán, regretted that the president repeat the same populist strategies as her predecessor, Dina Boluarteexecuted without much success in the face of the wave of crime.
“We are disappointed because José Jerí is another president who joins populism to say that he is fighting crime. Unfortunately, he is repeating the same populist measures that Dina Boluarte ordered and that ultimately failed. “He is a deceiver, guys,” he declared to La República.
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This indignation was also shared by the president of the Peruvian Motorcycle Association, Ricardo Millones, who questioned the statements made by the president in the midst of the transporters’ strike. And Jerí pointed out that they “seek to nip in the bud one of the methods most used by hitmen and common crime.” What’s more, he said that as soon as the Police see two people on a motorcycle, “it will automatically intervene and apply economic sanctions to demonstrate the principle of authority.”
On the subject, Millones stated that measures that have already been applied continue to be approved without having demonstrated positive results in terms of security. “Empirical evidence shows that this prohibition does not reduce crime rates or attack the structural causes of crime, limiting itself to a generalized restriction that impacts honest citizens”he added.
Huamán, for his part, explained that his association accessed statistics from the Lima Police Region and verified that in May 2025, when the ban on two people on motorcycles was already in force, “only 13 detainees were reported among the thousands of people intervened in Lima and Callao.” Furthermore, he indicated, the numbers of hitmen continued to increase. “This only demonstrates the inability that exists in the oversight of the PNP. The president said that he was not going to make the mistakes of his predecessors and applies a measure that, even at the international level, has not produced results.”
More controversial proposals
The ban on two people on a motorcycle is part of a strategy which includes the implementation of Law 32490which establishes extraordinary measures against extortion and contract killings and whose regulations must be published on Sunday and come into force on Monday, said President José Jerí.
As part of this plan, the Minister of Transportation and Communications, Aldo Prieto, emphasized that the sanctions will be drastic for those who fail to comply with the restriction of having a co-pilot on a motorcycle. “The first time is considered a very serious offense and the driver will lose50 points on your record, with the possibility of prompt payment of the fine. The second time the fine will be doubled and there will be no discount, in addition to subtracting60 additional points. (With that) you are left without a license,” he said..
“In the end, this measure will only affect good people, violating their right to free movement. It is striking that they want to apply this measure having the prime minister (Ernesto Álvarez) who has been president of the Constitutional Court.”questioned José Luis Huamán, president of the United Motorcycle Brothers Association of Peru. He asked that police intelligence be prioritized to combat hitmen and extortion.
They request an emergency meeting
Both Huamán and Millones, from the Peruvian Motorcycle Association, They requested an emergency meeting with President José Jerí, Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez and Minister Prieto, in order to find measures that do not criminalize motorcyclists.
They added that the extortioners who use motorcycles to attack transporters are a very small percentage compared to the thousands of workers.
“If there is no response, we will return to the streets and file legal actions. to stop this abuse, as we achieved with the use of vests that the previous president ordered and that was left without effect,” said Huamán.
Plate shortage
But they are not the only ones who criticize the Government for its actions against motorcycles. The Automotive Association of Peru (APP) He denounced that the current management of the MTC is responsible for the serious crisis of shortage of license plates for new minor vehicles that is already affecting more than 30,000 families.
It turns out that at the beginning of December the modern license plate design for new motorcycles and tricycles came into effect; However, at the end of that month, Inexplicably, the MTC imposed a return to the old license plate. He did so by assuming direct responsibility for the chaos unleashed and the setback in the fight against citizen insecurity.
“The decision of the current MTC management will prolong the shortage for at least four months. By postponing the validity of the new license plate and trying to restore a previous version without legal or material support, The MTC aggravates citizen insecurity and encourages informality. The AAP was ready to deliver them after more than a year of investment and preparation,” he said.
And while these changes are being announced, in the first week of January alone, 37 murders have already been reported throughout the country, of which 10 were in Lima and 5 in Callao. That’s not counting the 2,236 crimes recorded during 2025. Crime continues at full speed.
