Furrow: Inspectors drag and beat two female workers during intervention

A group of inspectors from Municipality of Santiago de Surco brutally attacked two street vendors during an intervention in the Higuereta oval area.

In the video, which has gone viral, one of the inspectors can be seen violently throwing one of the women to the ground, causing her to hit her head, while three others drag the woman who was trying to protect her merchandise to prevent municipal workers from taking it away.

In a statement from the commune, Groove He called the interrogated actions of the group of inspectors “bad order” and assured that he had “discharged” these workers from their positions.

In addition, he indicated that both victims were taken to the Rescue Brigade and transferred to a medical center.

Minister condemns ‘excessive and offensive acts’

For her part, the Minister for Women and Vulnerable Groups, Claudia Davilaexpressed his outrage and stated that what happened “reports structural violence that has become widespread in the form of excessive use of force through municipal inspectors.”

“We understand that the role of the inspector is a role that we do not like because it involves a frontal fight against ambulatory trade in the districts, but we cannot tolerate excessive use of force, much less use that violates fundamental rights. people,” he said from the province of Iquitos, Loreto region, in an interview television peru.

Davila said that with the newly elected authorities, they will work on “a strong training component for gender mainstreaming, especially in the work of serenading and inspecting” the communes.

The Minister for Women’s Affairs also stated that “this kind of aggression has criminal consequences.” “I understand that bailiffs are already operating. The police, the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary must perform their functions,” he snapped.

Claudia Davila He added that due to an accident at Jorge Chavez International Airport, in connection with which the terminal was ordered to be closed, he could not yet return to Lima. “I am waiting for the next flight that will allow me to return and take care of these women who have been attacked.”