By Rodrigo Ibarrola
On the afternoon of April 13, after the case of alleged extortion by truck union leaders of the Interior Minister of the government of Mario Abdo Benítez became known, Senator Enrique Riera (ANR-Cartista) announced that he would present a bill to increase the penalties for those who close roads obstructing free transit. His colleague Fernando Silva Facetti (PLRA-llanista) supported the motion, using as justification the supposed effectiveness of the Zavala-Riera Law, which basically led to the crime of trespassing being classified as a crime. Since then, one of the authors of the law, Senator Fidel Zavala (PPQ), constantly pontificates that the law, approved on September 29, 2021, succeeded in bringing invasions down to zero.