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.
Q24N (EFE) Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, who a judge in his country has ordered to keep in pretrial detention for 36 months for his failed self-coup in December 2022, while being investigated for a corruption case, joins a list of leaders and Latin American ex-presidents convicted or who have gone to prison for different…