In the last few hours, 10 people have died in Peru, in violent clashes with the security forces. The Ministers of Education and Culture have resigned from their positions six days after assuming them due to the “disproportionate” response to the anti-government demonstrations.
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The Justice of Peru has decreed 18 months of pretrial detention against him former president Pedro Castillo, while he is being investigated for allegedly committing crimes of rebellion, conspiracy, abuse of authority and disturbance of public peace. While, In the last few hours, 10 people have died in the country.in violent clashes with the security forces, and the number of Fatalities since Sunday now amount to 18.
For her part, the Peruvian president, Dina Boluartehas called on the protesters for dialogue with the Catholic, Christian and Evangelical churches as intermediaries.
The Peruvian Justice has issued a favorable resolution on the request of the Prosecutor’s Office to detain Castillo preventively for a period of 18 months, all after finding that the accusations that could be made against Castillo are well founded. a sentence of more than four yearsas reported by the body itself in a statement.
In addition, the decision is also based on the possibility of danger of flight from the country by Castillo, who has requested political asylum before the Mexican ambassador in Peru, according to what Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador explained at a press conference.
The preventive detention decreed by the Peruvian Judiciary takes place after Castillo announced the dissolution of Congress and the establishment of an emergency government on December 7, events after which he was dismissed by Congress and later arrested by security forces. Peruvian security. Since then, he has been detained at the Special Operations Directorate of the Peruvian National Police, on the outskirts of Lima, and now it must be decided which prison the former president will enter.
10 dead, this Thursday, and 18 since Sunday
In this context, the deathly victims Of the violent clashes that have taken place on Thursday in the Ayacucho region, in southern Peru, they have risen to eight, after the confirmation of a new death, and there are at least 52 people injured. There have also been two more deaths in the north, in the La Libertad region. The deaths are due to clashes with security forces during the first day of the state of national emergency decreed by the Peruvian government.
In total, since the demonstrations and protests that demand the early elections, the resignation of the president, Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress and the call for a constituent assembly began this Sunday, 20 fatalities have been registered in Peru, of in which at least two were minors.
The Government of Boluarte has decreed since Wednesday the nationwide state of emergency, for 30 days. In a message posted on Twitter, the president stated that her country was facing “a sad day of violence” on Thursday, and she reiterated her “invocation for peace.” For his part, former President Castillo has denounced that the United States ambassador in Lima, Lisa Kenna, went to the Government Palace on Tuesday to “give the order” to Boluarte to take the troops out into the streets.
The Ministers of Education and Culture resign
The Peruvian Ministers of Education, Patricia Correaand of Culture, jair perezhave resigned from their positions six days after assuming them due to the “disproportionate” response to the anti-government demonstrations.
“This morning I presented my letter of resignation from the position of Minister of State in the education portfolio. The death of compatriots has no justification. State violence cannot be disproportionate and cause death,” Correa wrote on Twitter, where he shared the letter sent to President Dina Boluarte.
For his part, Pérez has sent another letter – disseminated in local media – in which he maintains that “the unfortunate events that have occurred in the country have as a balance the irreparable loss of brothers and sisters, making his stay in government unsustainable.”
Source: Eitb
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