Downtown Lima: Protesters confronted police demanding the release of Pedro Castillo.

faces in center of Limaexactly at San Martin Plazawere registered between Police officer and citizens who took to the march demanding the release of the president, the closure Congress and new elections.

Judging by the pictures taken RPP Newspolice officers used tear gas canisters to disperse civilians in order to restore traffic to the area.

Citizens were forced to give up tear gas bombs that claimed to have peacefully marched through San Martin Square. The images also show some damaged green areas from the demonstrations that took place in the area.

Similarly, one of the moons of the Volunteer Fire Company Museum was recorded to have been damaged as it was located in San Martin Square and not far from where the protests took place at night.

Circulation resumed on Avenida Abancay.

At about 9 pm, traffic was resumed along Abankay Avenue, from Congress to the intersection with Nicolás de Piérola, and from there to Colmena station. The police officers removed these blocks of stones that were thrown into the avenue. Nicholas de Pierola.

Some vendors reported that they had to close their business to avoid injury around 7:00 pm.

As you know, from noon citizens gathered at the plenary session of the Congress, and the parliament began its session, where they were going to visit the prosecutor’s office against Pedro Castilloformer Chief of Cabinet Betsy Chavez and former Interior Minister Willy Huerta.

However, this began to be discussed at night after incidents in the plenary session of Congress and various votes of no confidence between congressmen and the board of directors.