Authorities in San Marcos indicate that the PNP intervened “because of a complaint”, despite previously indicating that it was “acting in office”.

Yesterday, Saturday morning, excellent police contingent broke the front gate National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) in an operation to evict students and regional representatives who have taken over campus since January 18th.

In this regard, through institutional statementthe authorities of said House of Research indicated that they had requested police intervention as a result of assault complaint what a “small group of students” would do against Private security from the university, last Friday.

“A small group of students, in cooperation with some protesters, forcibly reduced the security staff and seized all the doors (…), therefore, campus security, endangering all means and the sanctity of students House. With this in mind, the Office of Legal Advice (…) decided a complaint for robbery,” the document says.

However, they specified that “in the complaint” they asked “Only” in “Freeing the gate taken”, for which they condemned the “abuse of power” that the police contingent would presumably have committed.

“On Saturday, January 21st, National Police of Peruapparently using force, entered the campus without the presence of Ombudsman no representative public service. Therefore, we condemn the abuse of power against our meddling students,” they stressed.

differences

However, the above statement released today contrasts with another statement released yesterday in which the university authorities confirmed that the police “acted in office” while doing assignments at the university.

“Under the current state of emergency in the country (…) the National Police of Peru acted in office recovery doors Ciudad Universitaria that were captured and violated protesters who participated in the marches at the national level,” the statement said yesterday.

In turn, in the same document, the authorities indicated that the agreement on the permanent presence of regional delegations who were on campus had been violated.

“At an extraordinary meeting of the University Council on January 18 (…) it was decided to establish a dialogue between the commission of deans, students and representatives of the protesters, where it was agreed that they withdrawal deadline (…) until 12:00 Thursday 19, agreement not fulfilled”, they pointed out.

However, a document released today indicates that the university “immediately allocated legal team sponsor detained students.”

“Besides, rurgent repair rooms of the university building, which were damaged during the intervention, and reconstruction from the facade of Checkpoint No. 3. At the same time, work is underway to conduct medical examinations of beaten residents and the necessary psychological support will be provided,” the document says on Sunday.

Minister of the Interior speaks

Minister of Internal Affairs, Vincent Romero, in dialogue with RPP Newsindicated yesterday that the intervention was motivated “provide security” neighbors and passers-by moving along the university perimeter, for which it was necessary quota of that size.

“Yes, it was necessary, because one of the tasks of the police is to guarantee the safety of not only those who intervened, but also all Peruvians who were driving around the university at that time,” he said.

Also, the owner minter indicated that one was not used police tank break open the door of the mentioned educational house, but rather it was “multipurpose vehicle” designed to “protect” those inside.

“Actually, this is not a tank, this is a multi-purpose vehicle that serves to ensure the safety of police officers and those who intervened. If there were any violent actions inside against the police themselves and the people who were inside, then this is for their evacuation. protect themThere is no other goal,” he said.

In turn, he pointed out that during the intervention “there were no injuries” on the part of the police officers.

“There were no injuries, and according to what I was told, the intervention was within the law (…) The presence of the police is inconvenient for many people (…), some of the students they fled, they fell. It’s natural,” he said.