The National Association of Journalists requested the National Police of Peru that the three journalists, natives of the Puno region, be released who were detained while performing their duties according to the intervention of law enforcement officers at the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos on the morning of January 21.
According to what was reported by the association, Paty Condori Huanca, special envoy for Fama TV; Percy Pampamallco Yancachajlla, a reporter for Radio Huancané and Líder TV; and César Huasaca Abarca, a reporter for Radio Sudamericana of Juliaca, were arbitrarily detained inside the university city, where citizens from different regions who were part of the marches that took place in the capital in recent days were being intervened.
Likewise, the journalistic entity informed the population that after becoming aware of this, they quickly denounced this fact. to Dirincri Yet the dircote to corroborate the information that had reached them regarding the arrest of these correspondents.
Given this, and after more than four hours of having made this complaint, The authorities confirmed what was said by the ANP, which up to that moment was unaware of the whereabouts of these journalists. In that same line, condemned what the PNP did to these communicators and to the citizens who were housed by the same authorities and university students of the Saint Mark.
“For the ANP, what happened constitutes serious violations of human rights, since the irruption of the police agents to the university campus occurred without the presence of the Public ministry and lawyers were prevented from entering,” he said in a statement.
In sum, The union has also reported a possible communicator “pending confirmation” that he would be in the same situation as these three reporters.
Finally, the association reaffirmed its commitment to these journalists, reporting that the ANP Bureau will remain on the outskirts of these two police stations waiting for his future release.
