The Colombian government has taken more than 1,000 cars from Uber drivers on Wednesday, because it does not recognize the ride-sharing company as a legal company.
“We cannot keep allowing illegal [transport services], that are not registered with the transportation system, to provide their service,” transportation minister Jorge Eduardo Rojas said, according to LaFM.com. The government impounded a total of 1,200 vehicles — 253 affiliated with Uber X and another 962 cars linked to Uber.
Uber has previously had difficulties with operating its business in Colombia. The revolutionary San Francisco based firm was fined $140,000 in March for the company not being registered in Colombia and therefore providing “unauthorized taxi services.”
The ride-sharing services provider had worked out a deal with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ Administration in November 2015 to be registered entity in six months time. Despite jumping the gun on their own six month timeline, the Colombian Superintendency for Transport went ahead with a fine nonetheless.
Uber’s legal woes in Colombia pale in comparison to cases the firm has settled with U.S. regulators as well as its U.S. drivers, for millions of dollars. Uber settled for $100 million with its drivers in April for classifying them as independent contractors rather than as employees. The firm’s practices in California also led Uber to settle the case between the range of $10 million and $25 million for false advertising and not complying with airport-related regulations.
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