Due to the huge economic crisis provoked by the pandemic, the local administration introduced hard austerity measures, which led to payments reducing and layoffs in the municipal workers sector.
This measures led to the garbage collectors strike, which induced the mass riots. During the riots, several police cars were burned, and shops were looted and vandalized. Besides, anti-colonial slogans and calls against the use of the island as a base for "American aggression against fraternal Venezuela" were rised. Since Wednesday a total of 48 people were arrested, mainly young people suspected of 38 arsons, construction of barricades and vandalism.
