Trapped Panama truckers at risk in Nicaragua

The lives of dozens of Panamanian truck drivers stranded in Nicaragua for over a week are at risk and the president of the National Chamber of Freight Transportation, Rene Paredes, is urging  Panama authorities to urgently find ways to get them out.

He said that the security conditions of the transporters, as well as their

equipment and the load are unsustainable as every hour passes, hence the urgency for protection measures be adopted quickly.

He said  the situation in Nicaragua, especially security is very unstable.

“Protesting groups have already tried to open the containers with food or dry merchandise, that’s why you need to take steps get them out of there, said Paredes.

More than 7,000  trucks are stranded in different parts of the Central American country, which It involves more than $70 million in merchandise and goods.

José Infante, a Panamanian carrier, pointed out that the situation is the same as the first day, nobody has moved from the point where they have been. The Panamanians are in the Jinotepe area.

Relatives said the truck drivers are already without food, fuel and in precarious conditions.