They were treated pretty bad, Kenyans think that Matatu drivers are drug dealers, thieves, the are always breaking the traffic laws, with this experience with the BBC, the cops were not able to take advantaged of Matatu drivers because of the cameras but still were victims of the stereotypes that they Kenyans have about Americans. In Barranquilla it depends a lot of which part of the city we are talking about. If we enfatize in the north part, the majority of citizens believe that mototaxistas are thieves or murderers, but in the "Country side" Like towns we can find that they see mototaxis as another way of transportation, and the drivers just as people working like in another job.
