Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia has said that bus drivers who use violence or cause disruption to services in tourist zones would have their licenses cancelled. He made this statement after bus drivers from two unions that shuttle workers to and from Higuey blocked the flow of traffic outside the city on Tuesday. The bus drivers were protesting against the arrest of a bus driver who is accused of threatening a union election candidate at gunpoint. Haydee Kuret, president of Asonahores, said that the protest meant that many workers arrived late at their jobs in Punta Cana.

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