Luis Lamas Puccio on the eviction of protesters in San Marcos: “Police intervention is within their prerogatives”

This morning, members of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) entered the premises of the National University of the Mayor of San Marcos (UNASM) in a tank to remove protesters who stayed on campus for three days. In this regard, criminal lawyer Luis Lamas Puccio stated that the interference PNP in the Dean of America” ​​”is framed within its prerogatives.”

In an interview with RPP news, puccio planks explained that with the consent guardianship judge or from public serviceThe police may intervene in premises that are used to commit criminal acts, or are used as “logistic support” for these purposes.

“Police intervention is within their prerogatives. I understand that some prosecutors will be present to avoid situations that can be considered excessive,” he said.

Thus, the lawyer pointed out that university premisesseized by a group of students to house protesters who came to Lima from different parts of the country “would have served as support in terms of complicity in potentiation” violent actions who were seen during demonstrations in the capital, as part of a march called “Thomas de Lima”.

State of emergency in Lima

puccio planks He also recalled that the government of Dina Boluarte declared a state of emergency in the city of Lima even before the announcement of the mass movement of protesters towards the capital. So, he recalled that while this measure is in effect, Police National can perform this type of intervention.

“The state of emergency suspends basic guarantees that would normally require court approval,” he said.

Also criminal lawyer He confirmed that the presence of prosecutors, who are already on their way to the University of San Marcos, will ensure that police officers “do not allow arbitrariness or excesses” during the operation to evict protesters who have been at the university since January last year. eighteen.

“An operation with these characteristics, given the material conditions of what is happening in Lima and other important cities in the country, requires a fairly large and reinforced police presence,” he said.