Truckers Clash With Riot Police Over New Weight Restrictions

(Panama-Guide) - Source: La Estrella -Early this morning more than 115 truck drivers known as "smurfs" closed the Inter American Highway for more than three hours, near the entrance of Vía de Gualapa, in the province of Chirquí. The truck drivers blocked the road and demanded that government authorities respond to their requests to reassess the new weight limits set for the types of trucks they drive. When the negotiations failed the truck drivers faced off violently with riot police.