The President of the Council of Ministers, Hannibal Torresreferred this April 30 to the clashes between the Police and community members of Outbamba who hold a protest against the Las Bambas company in Apurimac. The prime minister hinted that things are not as they appear.
Last Wednesday, during the eviction of the community members who had taken over part of the mining land, there were reports of 18 people injured (14 civilians and 4 police officers), according to the report sent to the Ombudsman’s Office, including Rosa Paniura, 60, who ended up with a diagnosis of severe eye trauma.
In this regard, the media in Cusco consulted him about the repression and the wounded, to which Torres replied: “Verify the truth and don’t make things up. The lady fell, she broke her eyebrow and they are treating her, it is not that she has lost an eye.
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The representative of the Executive justified the declaration of a state of emergency in the place of conflict. “The emergency had to be declared because we have dialogued with them, over and over again. (…) I have seen the contracts. It appears that the owners of the area sold their plots of land to the mine, for example, the mayor who is a community member of the area received more than 2 million 600 thousand soles, he also received a house. They all received money, plus a house, ”he maintained.
However, Aníbal Torres stated that the Las Bambas company has a pending debt of 180 hectares for the community members and assured that this must be fulfilled.
“According to the company, it does not deliver them (the land) because the community members do not agree on the place,” he quoted.
Torres pointed out that they will insist that the dialogue table between the community members and the company. However, the conflict is becoming more acute in the Apurimac region.
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The prime minister also spoke about the different accusations he made against him karelim lopez. In this regard, Torres reiterated that the businesswoman should present the evidence for linking him and Pedro Castillo to an alleged criminal organization.
“Regarding the meeting with Mr. Pacheco, I have never met him, in any house, in any apartment, never […] If I have met in the street, I have passed with my car and I have told him how it is. I made it happen and then I ask him what happened, what is that of the 20,000 dollars, because I was interested in knowing, ”she maintained.
