National Police unblocks highway in the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Diario El Sol del Cuco [Spanish] - 1/28/2023)
National Police unblocks highway in the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Spanish) According to the Superintendency of Land Transportation of People, Cargo, and Merchandise (SUTRAN), until yesterday, up to nineteen blockades were registered in at least five provinces. The Panamericana Sur Highway has most of its sections blocked. The Peruvian National Police (PNP) began to unblock roads in the Cusco region with a contingent from the Calca and Lamay police stations that freed the highway that connects Cusco with the Sacred Valley of the Incas, in the Province of Calca. Since 10:00 a.m. yesterday, the authority cleaned and prepared the road for vehicular traffic. Due to the protests carried out in recent days this connection between Cusco and the provinces of Calca and Urubamba had remained blocked. The work was done with the use of a backhoe from the municipality of Calca. In several sections, large stones and eucalyptus trunks blocked the road and hindered the passage of vehicles. In Cusco, ...