The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, verified today, Friday, the death of a resident during protests in the southern region of Apurmac on Thursday, bringing to 70 the number of people who have actually died during the demonstrations.
I am very sorry for the death, and I provide my acknowledgements from here to the family, the president stated during an interview at the Government Palace in central Lima, where she evaluated her 2 months in office.According to local media, Denilson Huaraca Vlchez, 22, from the neighborhood of Huancabamba, died in Thursdays clashes between demonstrators and the national cops in the Siete Vueltas sector of the Apurimac province of Aymaraes.Dina Boluarte.
(Photo internet recreation)The personal radio station Radio Programas del Per reported that authorities at the morgue in the province of Abancay reported that the young man showed up dead at the facility.The authorities are carrying out the procedures to identify the exact causes of this new death in the context of the anti-government demonstrations.According to a statement provided today by the Guillermo Daz de la Vega Regional Hospital in Abancay, 3 serious clients were admitted on Thursday night with gunshot injuries and are being continuously took care of by health personnel.During Thursdays violence in Apurmac, protesters set fire to an interprovincial bus at the Pampachiri-Quillcaccasa detour, requiring passengers to leave and advance their way by their ways, state news agency Andina reported.In addition, they burned a checkpoint at La Balanza, in Aymaraes, and assaulted heavy products cars that were stranded because of the blockade of the Interoceanic Highway.Since last December, following the ousting of previous president Pedro Castillo and the subsequent inauguration of Boluarte, Peru has been experiencing a wave of presentations that have actually left 70 individuals dead, including 48 demonstrators and a police officer who was burned to death.