Overview
- Provincial councilor Rocío Mango filed an anti-corruption complaint naming Mayor Víctor Hugo Rivera, transport chief Milagros Chirinos, and SIT operators over raising the fare from S/1.00 to S/1.30.
- The case alleges four crimes: aggravated collusion, incompatible negotiation, usurpation of functions, and omission of duties.
- It says the increase relied on a “direct-dealing” act instead of a contract addendum vetted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Comptroller, violating a clause that bars tariff changes in the preoperational phase.
- Mango argues concessionaires failed to add 1,749 new buses as required by the contract, leaving riders paying more without clear service gains.
- She submitted a roughly 1,000-page dossier with contracts and a Comptroller report, says the city did not provide the technical reports cited for the hike, and prosecutors have not announced next steps.