At least one person died Monday in Puno, southeastern Peru, after being seriously injured in the head during protests calling for the ouster of Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, early elections and the closure of Congress.
As reported by the newspaper ‘La República’ and several local media, the 35-year-old man was injured in the head and was later transferred to Juliaca for medical attention, but died shortly after arriving in the city, at around 2:00 a.m. (local time).
Congressmen from the department of Puno issued a joint communiqué to demand Boluarte’s resignation after the clashes in the area over the weekend in the region, which left some thirty people injured, among them several journalists.
On the other hand, the airport Coronel Alfredo Mendívil Duarte in Ayacucho has had to temporarily suspend its operations on Monday «as a preventive measure» due to the clashes between demonstrators and police officers in the region, according to RPP.
The protests in Peru began after the arrest of former president Pedro Castillo and his indictment for rebellion when he tried to close the Congress and call parliamentary elections after a year and a half trying to govern while dealing with the maneuvers of the chamber, which at the third time succeeded in his dismissal.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
