The leader of the truckers was contacted following the death of a trucker in Antofagasta, when they were commenting on the reality of the truckers, the altercation occurred.
It was during the morning broadcast of Canal 13 “Your day” that the journalist, Mauricio Jürgensen, confronted the President of the National Confederation of Freight Transport of Chile, Sergio Pérez.
The leader of the carriers was contacted by the program to discuss the death and alleged murder of a truck driver in Antofagasta.
When the man described what the reality faced by truckers was, he slipped that the press would be responsible for not raising awareness of the problems they face daily.
“Here we have a sector of society, particularly the press, that is committed to the far-left sector,” the man assured.
To later add that when they have complained they have not received the answer they expected.
“I grabbed the fuses with the journalist (Daniel) Matamala and other journalists, because the press doesn’t want to help to put in the national conscience the seriousness of the problem that we have”, declared the transporter in the television space.
It was as a result of this last comment that Jurgensen told him: “Sergio, I understand that you can speak as honestly as you want, but… Is the security of the country the responsibility of the press? I find it curious,” said the journalist.
To which he added: “If you go to talk to the government and [ellos] are committed to you [pero] it turns out that if there is no solution it is a problem of the press. It catches my attention.”
From this point on, the controversy flared up, since Pérez replied: “behind your question you are telling me the same thing that Juan Araya -president of the National Confederation of Truck Owners of Chile- said, that I had agreed to a strike with the government”.
“You are saying it,” Jurgensen said, to which Pérez snapped: “No, sir. Let me talk, please. If they called me for an interview, let me speak.”
When the journalist asked him to explain himself, the leader responded and threatened a national strike of truckers: “We have been complaining about the lack of security and the rule of law. And I repeat: If this government and the one to come do not take the issue as a central issue, we are going to have to paralyze all the activities of the nation.”, he finished.