Downtown Lima: Citizens help ice cream maker recover cart confiscated by inspectors

In downtown Lima, several citizens came out in defense of an ice cream vendor and prevented a group of workers from the Municipality of Lima seize your cart with the products inside.

All the actions of the group of auditors were recorded on video. The images show how the young ice cream man was walking near Plaza San Martín when the workers of the commune surround him, snatch his work tool and put it in a truck.

When the vehicle was about to start, the ice cream man caught on with all his might to one side to prevent them from taking his cart with the goodies. It was then that several citizens came to help him and began to complain to the auditors for his abusive way of operating.

After several seconds of struggles, the staff of the Municipality of Lima surrendered in their attempts and returned his ice cream cart to the young man, who quickly left. The clip, posted on TikTok and shared on Twitter, listens to the people who helped him advocate in his defense.

“Hey, don't be bad, let it go. Thieves leave him, give him his car back, it is his work tool”, witnesses were heard saying, minutes before avoiding them from being taken away.

On social networks, different users highlighted the reaction of people and questioned the attitude that inspectors have towards street vendors who would not have to pay “bribes” to the authorities so that they do not confiscate their street stalls. “A mafia can buy them and coime the serene. Not a simple ice cream maker, that's the difference,” commented one of the users.

“Mafias build illegal warehouses in Barrios Altos, mafias control informal commerce in Round Table, traffic land in conservation areas, etc. But Muñoz's management prefers to act against ice cream makers. The ghost mayor of Lima is very abusive and cowardly,” another tweet reads.

Other netizens also attacked the mayor of the capital, Jorge Muñoz, for not operating in the same way with companies that are also not authorized to operate. “Ice cream man works without a license: confiscation of his work tool, beatings, mother's mentions. Play Land Park operates without a license and defective machines and almost killed a child: derisory fine and respect for his private property”, someone else tweeted.

For her part, the metropolitan councilor of Lima, Jessica Huamán, asked the Director of Audit and Control, Jonathan Ríos, for detailed information on what happened this morning in Plaza Martín.

“Outrageous to act against people who earn an honest living. Acting considered abusive by many, which should not be repeated anywhere in the country and should be repudiated by the different authorities,” he posted on his Twitter.

“What were the reasons for the confiscation of the object of work of the ice cream seller? What was the fault that the ice cream vendor was making? Under what protocols is the manner in which the object of work of the ice cream vendor is confiscated?” , says the document.

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