The head of the Council of Ministers of PeruAlberto Otárola, announced the measures that came into force in the Andean region of Puno, in the south of the country.
The area has been affected by demonstrations against the government of Dina Boluarte, which have already left 40 dead in a month, as well as the call for new elections and a Constituent Assembly.
“A supreme decree has been approved in the Council of Ministers that declares social immobilization in Puno for a period of three days, from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.,” Otárola announced before Congress.
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The epicenter of the protests is the Aymara region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia, where there was looting of commercial premises and attacks on police vehicles between Monday night and early Tuesday morning, leaving 18 dead.
The deaths have exacerbated outrage in the cities of Puno and Juliaca, some 1,300 km from Lima, whose inhabitants have been on strike for a week and have kept businesses closed.
The Superintendence of Land Transport of People, Cargo and Goods reported blockades and transit interrupted by pickets in six regions: Puno, Cusco, Apurímac, Arequipa, Madre de Dios and Amazonas.
On Monday there were clashes between protesters and law enforcement that caused the death of 14 people who tried to occupy the Juliaca airport, in addition there were three other deaths in a looting in a shopping center. A police officer burned to death inside his patrol car, specified the Ombudsman’s Office.
On Monday, “more than 9,000 people approached the Juliaca airport and approximately 2,000 of them began an all-out attack against the police and the facilities, using improvised weapons (improvised weapons) and double charges of gunpowder, creating an extreme situation.” ”, Otárola told the press. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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