Violence once again seized the south of the country, where protesters tried to take over the airports of ArequipaCusco and Juliaca, in the framework of the protests calling for the resignation of the president Dina Boluarte and new general elections.
In Arequipa one deceased was registered due to a bullet impact and 18 injured.
The Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón air terminal was invaded last December 12, when the protests against the regime began boluarte. That time the mob entered the airstrip.
The new assault attempt began around noon, an hour after the Ministry of Transport and Communications (TCM) communicate the temporary suspension of operations at the airport of Arequipa For caution.
According to Policealmost three thousand people Concentrated on the Añashuayco bridge, they wanted to take over the airport after breaking part of the mesh. They were evicted with tear gas and pellets.
However, another group managed to enter and burned two light beacons.
The confrontation continued until 6:30 in the afternoon, which left one person dead. The director of the Micro Health Network from Zamácola, Juan Alarcón, reported that Jhan Carlos Condori Arcana, 30, was referred to the Peruarbo Health Center, where his death was confirmed. He had a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
In a statement, the Regional Government of Arequipa reported another 18 injuries between the morning and afternoon: 14 civilians and four police officers.
Arequipa. They attacked the air terminal from several sides. Photo: Rodrigo Talavera/The Republic
While six civilians were injured after clashes at the Inca Manco Cápac international airport in Juliaca, Fistwho wanted to be taken over by the protesters.
The demonstrators would have moved to the vicinity of the air terminal of Juliaca upon learning that police officers from the Police Station of Macusanithat They would have shot two patrolmen from Carabaya to death on the afternoon of last Wednesday.
The police dissuaded the demonstrators by land and air, throwing tear gas bombs from a helicopter.
The confrontation would have started at 3:30 in the afternoon.
The wounded were initially treated by health brigades and then transferred to the Jorge Chávez Health Post and the Carlos Monge Medrano Hospital in Puno.
Left: Juliaca. Protesters tried to take over the airport. Right: protest. They mobilized through numerous streets of Juliaca. Photo: composition LR
meanwhile, in CuscoAt the end of a massive peaceful march, at around three in the afternoon, the demonstrators went to the Velasco Astete airport with the aim of taking it.
They entered through the oval of 28 de Julio Avenue, but the Police dispersed them. Another group headed for the side located in San Sebastián, with the aim of dividing the attention of the agents. Given this strategy, a Dinoes vehicle toured that part of the airport from end to end.
A two-meter ditch, the result of a halted work, served as a barrier to prevent protesters from reaching the fence. An hour and a half later, the police drove them back.
The MTC reported that as a preventive measure it decided to temporarily suspend its operations.
decentralized marches
Earlier, the streets of Arequipa, Cusco, Puno and Juliaca were filled with people with cardboard coffins and waving Peruvian flags with black stripes as a sign of mourning, in rejection of the more than 50 deaths that have occurred since the outbreak of the social upheaval in Peru.
A public official who monitored the demonstrations in the White City said that they are on the rise and will not stop until the resignation of President Dina Boluarte. “The Puno massacre has triggered the conflict”said.
In Arequipa, the march was accompanied by musical bands from the region of Plateau who interpreted couplets in rejection of President Boluarte.
The protests started early on the San Isidro bridge, the access road to the White City. Civil Construction workers blocked the bridge. The Police tried to enable access and that led to a confrontation. There were four shotgun injuries.
Workers and merchants participated in the demonstrations. 20,000 people gathered in the Plaza de Armas, calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the closure of Congress.
In Cusco, the mercantile and railway activities were paralyzed. The marches that were painted passive during the morning ended in three clashes with the Police in different parts of the city.
Cusco. The march began peacefully, but got out of control and was repelled with tear gas. Photo: diffusion
Protestants from the provinces arrived in the city of Cusco to march against the Government of Boluarte, after noon demonstrators radicalized their protest.
It was in the Tupac Amaru square where, according to protesters, the provinces would have agreed to take the Velasco Astete airport through different accesses.
