The main focus was in Andahuaylas, a city in the Andes.
More than three thousand Peruvians clashed with the police on Saturday in a city in the Andes, stoned a police station and detained two agents for hours while demanding general elections, as well as the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the discredited Parliament.
The police confirmed that the two officers were later released and sent reinforcements. Anthony Torres, director of the Andahuaylas subregional hospital, told The Associated Press that there were 16 injured, one of them with severe head trauma transferred to another city.
The Ombudsman’s Office indicated that the protests at the national level maintain a “growing trend.”
The protest in Andahuaylas is one of several that have erupted in Peru since Wednesday when Boluarte took power after Congress ousted President Pedro Castillo.
Before Castillo sought to illegally dissolve Parliament. He received no support from the military. A president can close Congress, but after two refusals of a vote of confidence in his cabinet, which did not happen.
Andahuaylas is a city in the Andes where in 2005 there was a rebellion led by the retired military Antauro Humala against the then president Alejandro Toledo. Humala served 17 years in prison, was recently released and has shown interest in becoming president.
In Lima, more than a thousand protested in front of Parliament and a nearby plaza where they also demanded the release of former President Castillo, of whom Boluarte was vice president.
The former president is preliminarily investigated for the crime of rebellion and has requested asylum in Mexico, a country that has initiated consultations with Peru to carry out the procedures for that request.
Early on, Boluarte swore in a centrist cabinet and asked its members not to be corrupt.
“Do you swear by God and country to perform loyally and faithfully without committing acts of corruption?” Was the phrase he repeated before swearing in his 17 ministers. He appointed lawyer Pedro Angulo, a former anti-corruption prosecutor, as prime minister.
The president has also criticized her predecessor, former president Castillo, of whom she was vice president.
Castillo was the first president investigated during his administration (2021-2022). He accumulates six inquiries, the majority for alleged corruption.
The president said on Wednesday that she had seen “with revulsion how the press and judicial bodies have reported shameful acts of robbery against the money of all Peruvians.”
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