In his message broadcast in episode 16 of Nocturnal Meditations — Purple Month, the Cardinal Carlos Castillo described the day of protests as a day of mourning for the loss of Eduardo Ruiz in the context of the demonstrations. He rejected the violence that devastates the country and called for prayers for those who were injured or missing.
Castillo also denounced the lack of understanding that young people often face when expressing their social demands, and requested that society provide open spaces for their peaceful development. In that sense, he emphasized that it is not enough to tolerate them, but rather to understand their motivations and accompany them on the path to peace.
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“That is why today is a day of mourning to pray for the people who have been vilely disappeared from this world and for the wounded people where we can feel the presence of desperate negative actions (…) The Peru It will not have a future without young people and for that we need them to be able to enter into a great path of creative openness as they want to live, but simultaneously that they do not receive from us incomprehension, but rather the capacity for understanding so that they can also re-educate themselves and see the best way to live this life with peace,” he mentioned.
Warning that a nation without youth with a leading role is condemned to stagnation, the bishop urged to rebuild the social fabric from empathy and justice. He proposed that this process include recognizing errors, correcting abuses and promoting new forms of coexistence without oppression or exclusion.
The cardinal maintained that the transformation of the country involves the conversion of hearts: he urged to change attitudes of arrogance, ambition or indifference, and to privilege love, reconciliation and commitment to the most vulnerable.
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Óscar Arriola confirms arrest of the PNP non-commissioned officer after the death of Eduardo Ruiz
The general commander of the National Police, Oscar Arriolaconfirmed that the non-commissioned officer Luis Magellan He is the agent who shot the young man Eduardo Ruizwho died during the demonstrations against the government of José Jerí. As reported, Magallanes belongs to the Dirincri and finds himself with an arrest notice after being fully identified thanks to the images of the security cameras and the proceedings of the Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office.
Arriola explained that the officer was separated from his duties and will face a disciplinary and criminal process. In addition, he pointed out that another police officer involved in the confrontations – who appears shooting in the air in videos posted on social networks – has also been intervened while the investigations progress. The high command assured that the institution is collaborating with the Public Ministry to clarify the facts.
During his speech, the police chief apologized to the public for the crime that has shocked the country and expressed his solidarity with the victim’s family. He reiterated that the Police will not tolerate acts of abuse and that those responsible will be punished exemplarily, in order to “regain the trust of the population and reaffirm the commitment to the human rights”.
