EsSalud: the death of Victor Santisteban was the result of a “strike of a powerful element of force”

Arturo Orellana, head of EsSalud, confirmed that Viktor Santisteban Yaksavilka A 55-year-old man who died during Saturday night’s protests was admitted to the hospital with a “blunt wound to the right retoauricular region, with fairly significant bleeding.”

The official indicated that the injury was caused by “strike with a strong force element” and noted that an investigation by the National Police and the prosecutor’s office would establish what type of object mortally wounded Santisteban Yachavilka.

“He arrived alive, he was treated and, despite efforts, the patient died. The blow was very strong,” he told RPP Noticias regarding the causes of death. Viktor Santisteban Yaksavilka.

For its part, Channel N aired an autopsy certifying Victor Santisteban’s death. The document states that a 55-year-old man died from a skull fracture with a blunt object. It is also indicated that in addition to a concussion and a laceration of the head, the victim had a head injury.

The Ministry of the Interior reported that the Peruvian National Police’s Homicide Investigation Unit, with the participation of the State Ministry, is already investigating this fact in accordance with its legal mandate.

Wounded with a discreet prognosis

The 37-year-old man, identified by the initials RMA, was seriously injured last night during demonstrations and remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Guillermo Almenara Hospital in a stable condition but with a cautious prognosis.

“He has stable vital signs, he is recovering in the intensive care unit, stable, but with a modest prognosis,” explained Arturo Orellana, head of EsSalud.

Victor’s sister asks to collect a video

Elisabeth Santisteban is calling for justice to find those responsible for the death of her brother Victor Santisteban Yaxavilka (55), who died after clashes on Saturday evening in central Lima.

She went to Lima’s mortuary, where she was told that her brother had died from being hit by a “hard blunt object”.

“There is a video that my brother was killed, a hard blunt object crushed his skull, not a stone, and we will definitely get to the last consequences. The one who must fall will fall, because there is a video, and we will look for all the videos that we needed,” he said.