“The immediate protection of the Armed Forces of national strategic pointsinfrastructure that serves to ensure the life of all Peruvians,” added the Peruvian official.
Otárola also announced the decision of the new president, Dina Boluarte, to declare state of emergency in the regions of Arequipa and Ica in order to “reestablish public order”.
The armed forces take control of the street
The emergency in Arequipa and Ica, which is added to the one declared in the state of Andahuaylas, will allow the armed forces to take control of internal orderin a coordinated work together with the support of the national police.
For the minister, the “constitutional responsibility to preserve the life and integrity of all Peruvians” will be in charge of these forces, in the midst of a “serious and worrying” situation for the country.
The Government of Peru, in charge of Boluarte, occurs after the clashes between civilians and police, which left a balance of seven dead and wounded in different regions.
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ANNOUNCEMENT. The protests took place in the regions of Cajamarca, Arequipa, Tacna, Andahuaylas, Huancayo, Cusco and Puno.
Protests and deaths in Peru
The crisis in Peru seems to have no roof. To the two deaths reported on Sunday in protests Five others were added this Monday, so the number of fatalities rose to seven since the dismissal of Pedro Castillo and the subsequent demonstrations against the government of Dina Boluarte and Congress.
A young man died in the city of Chicheros, in the southern department of Apurímac, and became the fourth fatality in the context of protests unleashed since last Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Jhonatan Lloclla Loayza and witnesses reported that he was shot in the chest from “a long distance,” according to the Lima newspaper La República.
Source: Ambito
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