The death of a man in the southern region of Puno has raised this Friday morning to 60 deceased in the anti-government demonstrations that began in Peru last December, according to health sources.
The Regional Health Directorate (Diresa) of Puno pointed out on social networks that a 62 year old man He has died after suffering hypovolemic shock while being taken by ambulance to the Puno regional hospital. The fatal victim has been identified as Isidro Arcata Mamani and was one of the people injured during the violent clashes that broke out between protesters and security forces in the Andean city of Ilave (Puno).
Arcata appeared on a previous list of 8 people who received emergency care at the Ilave Hospital, where he arrived with a proximal third fracture of the left femur and a reserved prognosis. Another 46-year-old man was also treated at the hospital for an abdominal projectile wound and a reserved prognosis, as well as six other people with fractures, wounds and bruises of varying degrees.
The mobilizations took place throughout the day and at night the National Police agents requested reinforcements in light of the apparent attempt to take over the city police station, located in the Puno province of El Collao, according to local media reports. The Diresa de Puno has indicated, in this regard, that the personnel of the Ilave hospital and 46 other health establishments of the El Collao Health Network “are on high alert to provide timely care to the population.
The information about the situation in Ilave was reported shortly after the Minister of Health, Rosa Gutiérrez, reported that during the protests this Friday, 25 patients were treated in different hospitals in the country, 13 of them in Lima with polycontusions that, according to He said, they have already been discharged, as have 7 others in Arequipa and 4 in Puno.
Protests call for the resignation of the president Dina Boluartethe closure of Congress, the call for general elections for this year and a constituent assembly.
In this regard, the Minister of the Interior, Vicente Romero, affirmed that “there is a planned and concerted action” in the demonstrations that have been taking place for a month in the country, with the intention of “blackmailing the government.”
The protests have left 45 demonstrators and a police officer dead since last December, while another 14 people, including an unborn baby and four Haitians, have died of various causes caused by the roadblocks.
Source: Lasexta
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