Protests in Lima: police and demonstrators clash on the streets of Miraflores

The confrontation arose tonight in the vicinity of Kennedy Park in Miraflores. A group of demonstrators who reached the area were dispersed with tear gas for disrupting traffic, and some were arrested.

Protesters arrived in the area and marched through other sections, such as the Balta descent and Larkomar, demanding the president’s resignation. Dina Boluarte.

Mobilization this Thursday called “The Capture of Lima”, just as one of the points of arrival was Kennedy Park in Miraflores. However, some Protestant groups decided to go in the direction of Congress.

University students and some community organizations arrived at the scene, despite being prevented at some point from marching down Arequipa Avenue, so they took other alternative routes.

Those detained by law enforcement officers were transferred to the Miraflores police station for appropriate investigative actions.

38 wounded and one dead

Interior Minister Vicente Romero said 38 wounded had left the demonstrations that took place this Thursday against the government of Dina Boluarte.

Romero expressed condolences on the death of Juan Carlos Condori Arcana, who died in the midst of protests at Alfredo Rodriguez de Arequipa Airport.

The head of the minister specified that 22 police officers were injured; while 16 civilians were injured. At the same time, he assured that the protests began peacefully, but “later turned into violence with physical and verbal attacks against the police, motivating the use of force.”

announce investigations

President Dina Boluarte congratulated the work National Police and confirmed that all acts of violence that took place this Thursday would be investigated as Lime as in other regions.

“Our national intelligence agency is acting with appropriate firmness, and soon we will, together with the prosecutor’s office, check and open tax cases of those people who commit acts of violence, destroy private and public property,” the statement said. which he spent at the Government Palace.

Boluarte also dismissed the rumors circulating on social media about his alleged resignation as false news. In that sense, he ruled out that the protests could disrupt the democratic order: “The government is solid and its cabinet is more united than ever.”