At the beginning of the general strike, two groups from the Dota line They were brutally attacked during the early hours of this Thursday in La Noria Bridge. Two drivers were hit by stones while working and had to interrupt service.
The company reported through social networks that several of the buses on its lines suffered vandal attacks, but they clarified that for the moment There was only material damage and no driver was injured.
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The firm had previously announced that it was not going to adhere to the force measure and that the bus lines it manages were going to operate with a service reduced to 50% during the general strike CGT this Thursday, May 9.
The attacks were against a group of the line 28 and another from line 161, who canceled their service during the early morning. In addition, they report a third attack on another unit of the DOTA company: it is a bus on line 60 in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas.
The vandalism attack was confirmed by the Minister of Security himself, Waldo Wolff, who explained that it occurred at 4:45 in the morning, when a driver of line 60 began his journey and was attacked near the Bosch Bridge.
According to the story of the head of the Buenos Aires Security portfolio, “Other drivers threw stones at him and broke a window” when he was about to finish his tour in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas.
“We went to their aid and we are providing all the information to Justice. We are addressing other ongoing complaints. From the City we are going to accompany, every day, those who work and we are going to bring the mafias that squeeze and extort before Justice,” the minister added on his X account (exTwitter).
Besides, one unit of line 106 He was completing his journey along General Paz and Juan B avenues. Just after 11 pm he suffered another brutal attack. The attack occurred before the general strike began.
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, published on his social network account X a series of images showing acts of vandalism against different groups. In the photos you can see a stone being thrown at the window of a unit and two attempts to puncture the tires of a bus.
“The mafia started! Let’s not let them break everything we are achieving. We are going to take care of everyone who goes to work. Call 134 and report,” she wrote.
CGT strike: which bus lines operate normally or at 50%
Due to the CGT strike there will be no trains, subways and most bus lines will not circulate in the AMBA and the rest of the country. While the DOTA group and other companies will provide a minimum service to avoid fines from the Statein accordance with resolution 212 of the Ministry of Economy:
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