December 25, 2022, 18:37 PM
December 25, 2022, 18:37 PM
At least two injured left this Sunday the eviction of a gas plant in southern Peru, in which a hundred people demonstrated against the new President Dina Boluartereported the Armed Forces.
The expulsion of the protesters from the Camisea gas camp, in the town of Kepashiato, occurred shortly after 05:00 a.m. (10:00 a.m. GMT) and left two “polycontused” civilians, according to a statement from the Joint Command of the Armed Forces that is in charge security in the area due to the current state of emergency.
“It is absolutely ruled out that there are injuries by firearms“Added the military command, in response to versions spread on social networks.
Vice President Dina Boluarte assumed the Peruvian presidency on December 7, after the Congress dismissed Pedro Castillo for “breaking the institutional order” after announcing the dissolution of Parliament, the intervention of the judicial system and a government by decree until a Constituent Assembly is called. Unsuccessfully.
At the same time, the gas plant had been taken over since December 13 by a hundred demonstrators, which paralyzed its operations.
The governor of Cusco, Jean Paul Benavente, called on the protesters for forcibly occupying the premises of a private company, but also demanded that the uniformed officers respect human rights. At least 22 people have died amid protests demanding Boluarte’s resignation and immediate elections after the failed self-coup by leftist president Pedro Castillo.
“In reference to the incursion into the Camisea – Kepashiato Pumping Plant. We demand respect for human rights; as well as respect for these strategic assets for the country: The Government has to dialogue with the Province of La Convención. !!Ni Just one more death!!” the governor tweeted.
plant recovery will allow the Camisea consortium to restart activities and resume its gas exports, said Felipe Cantuarias, president of the Peruvian Hydrocarbons Society, quoted by the newspaper La República.
Castillo, a 53-year-old union leader and rural teacher, in power since 2021 and alien to the elites, was being investigated by the prosecution for corruption at the time of his frustrated attempt. He is now serving 18 months in pretrial detention for the crime of rebellion in flagrante. His wife and two children are asylum seekers in Mexico.
