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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Boluarte’s Repression Leaves 18 Peruvians Murdered So Far</h1>December 14, 2022</div>
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<img src="cid:ii_lbqsme0p0" alt="image.png" width="392" height="222"><br><p>On Thursday, the
police repression left nine people dead, thus increasing the death toll
to 18 since the protests against President Dina Boluarte began.</p>
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<p><em><strong>RELATED:</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Repression-Against-Demonstrators-Continues-in-Peru-20221215-0022.html" target="_blank"><em><strong>Repression Against Demonstrators Continues in Peru</strong></em></a></p>
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<p>While the Department of Ayacucho's Health Directorate reported that
seven people died in its territory, two citizens died in the La Libertad
region. At the national level, however, the Health Ministry (MINSA)
only recognizes the existence of 14 deceased people.</p>
<p>The deaths in Ayacucho occurred when a group of people invaded the local airport, where the police left 52 people injured.</p>
<p>"Given the increase
in injured people, the Ayacucho Regional Hospital set up tents to care
for patients. Most of the citizens were injured by pellets and bullets.
What they committed in Ayacucho has been a real massacre. Too much pain
is being experienced," tweeted Sharmeli Bustios Patiño, a woman who
posted images of events.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="es">¡Alerta Perú! ...el pueblo en Ayacucho rompe
el cerco de militares armados con armas reglamentarias, al final se
escucha lo que parecen disparos... ¡El gobierno de facto será
responsable de la pérdida de vidas humanas! <a href="https://t.co/pJVIu1pChn">pic.twitter.com/pJVIu1pChn</a></p> — DΛViD.cu (@David_qva)
<a href="https://twitter.com/David_qva/status/1603472168838434817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2022</a>
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<p><strong>The tweet reads, "Alert Peru!... the people in Ayacucho break
the fence of the military who are armed with regulation weapons. What
sounds like shots are heard at the end... The de facto government will
be responsible for the loss of human lives!"</strong></p>
<p>The Ayacucho
government called for the immediate resignation of Boluarte and her
interior and defense ministers, whom it blamed for the deaths. The local
authorities also demanded the closure of Congress in order to install a
transitional government.</p>
<p>"We demand an end to
the military intervention and we hold the country's highest political
authorities responsible for these crimes," Peru's National Human Rights
Coordinator said, demanding an investigation to determine those
responsible for the Ayacucho deaths.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Army
was deployed in the Huamanga, Huanta and La Mar provinces to support the
police force in controlling the citizens who are demanding the
resignation of Boluarte and the release of Pedro Castillo, who was
sentenced to 18 months in prison.</p>
<p><strong>The tweet reads, "This happened in Ayacucho on December 15. Who is responsible for this death?"</strong></p>
<p>The Ombudsman's
Office demanded that the Joint Command of the Armed Forces order its
troops to stop using firearms and launching tear gas canisters from
helicopters.</p>
<p>Faced with the
impossibility of containing the massive protests, Boluarte decreed a
curfew that will be in force from Friday in the Arequipa, La Libertad,
Ica, Apurimac, Cusco, Puno, Huancavelica, and Ayacucho departments.</p>
<p>She decreed a
"mandatory social immobilization" requiring "all people to remain in
their homes for five days within the framework of the nationwide state
of emergency."</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Peru?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Peru</a>
| Social organizations, trade unions, and indigenous movements called
for a national strike in several regions in rejection of Dina Boluarte's
government and in support of former president Pedro Castillo. <a href="https://t.co/Ih1PG3QyTl">pic.twitter.com/Ih1PG3QyTl</a></p> — teleSUR English (@telesurenglish)
<a href="https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1603428746215788544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2022</a>
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