A group of at least 80 trucks blocked Route 156 on Wednesday night, at the Coihue-Renaico intersection, in the Bío Bío region.
according to radio bio biothe machines occupied both lanes but allowed smaller vehicles and buses to pass.
The mobilization, which took place a few days after the ultimatum handed over by the Government of President Gabriel Boric to another group of truck drivers who were demonstrating on Route 5 South near Paine, was led by banners that read “No + Attacks” and “No + Shooting at Truckers”.
Ángel Rosales, spokesman for the truckers union, indicated that they met due to the call to the State to retake the State of Exception in the South Macrozone of the country.
The same media reported that a Carabineros patrol is at the scene.
