The 107-page report, “Deadly Decline: Security Force Abuses and Democratic Crisis in Peru,” documents excessive use of force by security forces, due process violations and abuses against detainees, and failures in criminal investigations, as well as the entrenched political and social crisis that is eroding the rule of law and human rights in Peru. While some protesters were responsible for acts of violence, security forces responded with grossly disproportionate force, including with assault weapons and handguns. Forty-nine protesters and bystanders, including 8 children, were killed.
Demonstrators across rural communities, including Andahuaylas, continued to call on President Dina Boluarte to resign and schedule general elections to replace her and all members of Congress
The anger of Peruvians against their government is nowhere more visible than in a remote rural Andean community where the poor have struggled for years
The anger of Peruvians against their government is nowhere more visible than in Andahuaylas, a remote rural Andean community where the poor have struggled for years and where voters support helped elect now-ousted President Pedro Castillo, himself a peasant like them.
About 3,000 people gathered in the streets of Andahuaylas on Monday, to protest and to mourn and pay their respects before the white caskets of the young men who died over the weekend.