Verónica Aguirre accuses that she has not been able to leave that area due to the protests, also denouncing an “almost kidnapping” by service providers.
During these days Veronica Aguirre, Daughter of the prominent Mexican actor Rubén Aguirre, she is traveling through Machu Picchu, on what would initially be a vacation to remember her father. However, the journey turned into a nightmare as a result of the protests that arose in Peru.
Through her Twitter account, the woman maintained that she was trapped in the city of Cusco after the government decreed a state of emergency, because she has not been able to take a means of transportation to leave.
Without going any further, she denounced being “almost kidnapped” by service providers in the area.
“They tell us that we cannot leave the town of #Machupichu because of the protests. We hope that the train tracks will be unblocked tomorrow, we tourists need to return to our homes, ”he said.
“Full of illusion to visit these lands so loved by my father, our visit to Machu Picchu ends in a quasi-kidnapping by tourist service providers who demand more resources with violent protests taking advantage of the political situation”, added in another tweet.
“Tourists have no voice in this horrible situation, they have us trapped in the political conflict in Peru. Our families are waiting for us and are worried about us,” he concluded.
Full of illusion to visit these lands so loved by my father, our visit to #Machupichu ends in a quasi-kidnapping by tourist service providers who demand more resources with violent protests taking advantage of the political situation and @MachuPichuTV ?? pic.twitter.com/S6z3Cl7yXw
— Veronica Aguirre (@aguirreveronic) December 14, 2022
Hours before, Verónica Aguirre had published an image remembering her father in that place, recreating a photo of the actor taken around the 70s.
“Today I am in Machu Picchu emulating this photo of my father from the 70s. Nostalgia a thousand”, exposed.
Today I am in Machupichu emulating this photo of my father from the 70s. Nostalgia to a thousand???? pic.twitter.com/XxAnVVXMjR
— Veronica Aguirre (@aguirreveronic) December 13, 2022
It should be noted that hundreds of foreign tourists were stranded last Wednesday in that area, after the suspension of trains due to protests against the new president Dina Boluarte, after the dismissal of Pedro Castillo for his failed coup.
Visitors are immobilized in the town of Aguas Calientes, at the foot of the mountain on which stands the jewel of Peruvian tourism.
“We are now in Aguas Calientes and we cannot return to Cusco and leave for another country because of the protests and I am with children, for me it is a problem,” Gale Dut, an Israeli tourist, told Agence France-Presse.