Overview
- Officials reported about 13 million visitors between Dec. 5 and 12, with an estimated 8.5 million arriving from midday Dec. 11 to the early hours of Dec. 12.
- Attendance was estimated with digital person‑counting and facial‑recognition‑based monitoring tied to borough intelligence centers and the C5 camera network.
- The operation was characterized as saldo blanco, with 5,917 medical attendances in the Basilica perimeter and eight hospitalizations reported.
- Enforcement actions included 15 detentions linked to illegal parking and extortion by franeleros and one for robbery, plus three closures for price gouging, with patrols maintained into the weekend.
- Cleanup crews removed between 980 and 1,400 tonnes of waste, while the influx combined with public works and closures to worsen citywide traffic and prompt some campuses to shift classes online.