Rafael López Aliaga, Mayor of Lima, and César SandovalMinister of Transport and Communications (MTC), have restored their collaboration relationship To advance the Tren Lima -Chosica project. According to a recent statement by López Aliaga, he would have restored “his friendship” with Sandoval in order to raise a technical table and start the questioned Trains brought from the United States.
“With the Minister of Transport we have restored a friendship. Seriously, I have called it, I have told the gentleman: ‘Look, this cannot be personal. Here the well -being of many people is at stake. ‘ I have called it for the train, that’s why I have called it, “he said during the inauguration of a sports crockery in the ATE district.
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These words gave them after inviting the Minister of Transportation and Communications and to the president of the Council of Ministers, Eduardo Arana, to develop a technical meeting, and thus “find a solution to the pending issue”, referring to the Lima-Chosic trains.
César Sandoval responds to Rafael López Aliaga
On September 22, the head of the MTC, César Sandoval, clarified that his sector never opposed the project of the Lima-Chosic Train and greeted the respectful statements of the burgomaster. “That meeting will surely be seen and the authorities must act, with respect, tolerance and from the responsible point of view, always safeguarding the integrity, health and life of the people. I greet the expressions of the mayor and his predisposition of seriously and technically talk about the trains,” said the minister during a meeting he held with the mayors of Pataz.
López Aliaga and César Sanval had public disagreements
In July 2025, Minister Sandoval described as “liar” the mayor after a notarial letter in which López Aliaga claimed to have held meetings prior to his designation as minister. Sandoval denied these statements and announced a demand for defamation and slander, accusing the burgomaster of building a false story about their relationship.
For his part, López Aliaga accused the minister of trying to dismantle the rail material donated by Caltrain for a “bad business”, warning that, if the complaint for defamation persisted, he would take the case to the courts.
