And landslide caused by the strong rains in the southern province of camanáin Perulet 15 muertos, according to local authorities. Emergency services said two other people were missing and 20 injured after the landslide near the town of Secocha.
“There are more than 1,000 affected families,” he explained. William Alvarado, District Mayor of Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel, adding that in 90% of the cases their homes have been completely destroyed. The President Dina Boluarte headed Tuesday morning to affected areas in the region, where according to official figures more than 300 homes have been damaged, NA reported.
Boluarte was accompanied by his Ministers of Defense and Transportation, and by officials from other administrations and state agencies. During a press conference, which took place while she was in the region and together with the governor of Arequipa, the president offered her condolences to the families and highlighted the speed of the response and the help.
“The support and response has been immediate,” he said. “Up to 61 tons of humanitarian aid will be transferred to the area to alleviate the aftermath of the avalanche,” explained the head of the National Institute of Civil Defense (indeci), Carlos Yanez. The day before, the National Emergency Operations Center He had confirmed eight deaths, while saying that “search and rescue work continues.”
The landslide occurred amid the worst wave of anti-government protests the Andean country has seen in two decades, following the removal from office in December Pedro Castillo. The demonstrators are calling for Boluarte’s resignation and the early calling of elections, something for which the divided Peruvian congress has not yet been able to agree.