Protests in Peru: The National Police guard the entrance and exit at Gate 3 of San Marcos.

Members of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) guard door number 3 National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), a gathering place for demonstrators who arrived from different regions of the country. At the moment, the police are checking who enters and exits the aforementioned study house. This is part of the protests against the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the closing of Congress, known as “Take Lima”.

The green areas where the protesters were located have been cleared so far. There is no number that could be observed last Thursday, January 19th. The group that stays inside has been dealing with food and some other food they left since yesterday.

Of the total number of people who were there initially, now only 15% to 20% remain.. Meanwhile, on the outskirts, on German Amesaga street, National Police He restricted the movement of vehicles, both public and private, from an early age. In other words, vehicles must travel along Avenue Venezuela to reach Cercado de Lima, and follow the same path to Avenue Faucet. Those who are going to go to San Miguel should use Avenida Universitaria.

The banners and posters that are in front still remain, as well as some Federation students who remain inside.

The fire in a building near San Martin Square was extinguished.

A large-scale fire that engulfed a building located at the intersection of Karabay and Lino Cornejo streets, a few meters from San Martin Plazain the center of Lima, firefighters have finally taken control.

More than 60 units Fire brigade to deal with the emergency that occurred before 20:00 last Thursday, 19. To mitigate it, they used tanks and telescopic cranes to attack the fire and thus prevent its impact on surrounding objects.

Commander Jorge Canales of the Fire Department spoke to RPP news and gave further details of the incident.

“The situation this morning is such that the fire is localized. We somehow protected the neighborhood, the surrounding buildings. The risk of spread is reduced. We continue with this difficult task to finally try to control it,” he said.