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The Government of Peru takes the Army to the streets and declares an emergency on the National Road Network.
He Cusco international airport and the train service to access Machu Picchu They have been left without service due to the protests in Peru after Pedro Castillo’s coup d’état. In addition, several protesters have occupied a gas plant and blocked dozens of train tracks and roads.
The Government has announced the emergency declaration and has brought thousands of people onto the streets military to protect strategic points of the country, including airports, hydroelectric plants and other key infrastructure, such as roads.
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Latam and other airlines have canceled all scheduled flights at the Cusco international airport, one of the most important in the country, after dozens of pro-Pedro Castillo protesters have tried to enter the facilities, bypassing all controls. With this closure, The only airport that receives international flights is Jorge Chávez, in Lima.
“In order to safeguard the integrity and safety of passengers, users, the general public and our collaborators, air operations in our Cusco terminal are suspended, since security is not guaranteed of the same,” the Peruvian Corporation of Airports and Commercial Aviation (Corpac) reported in a statement.
No access to Machu Picchu
On the other hand, the company Peru rail, train operator to Machu Picchu, has suspended its service due to mobilizations called by unions and peasant organizations that have called for an “indefinite strike” in the region. The largest tourist center in the country has been left without tourists and this situation is expected to continue in the coming days.
The intensity of state repression in Peru against popular protests forced the authorities to close the Cusco international airport and the train service to the citadel of Machu Picchu this Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/y7rHUxaR2H
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The protests against the new president of Peru In Boluarte and Congress have intensified this Monday by notifying at least seven deadmore than a hundred injured police officers and the attack on two television channels in Lima.
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The most violent clashes are taking place in the south of the country, especially in Apurímac and Arequipa, where the situation is increasingly complicated. The protesters are asking Boluarte to resign and close Congress and call presidential elections after Pedro Castillo announced a self-coup d’état a week ago and was arrested.
Faced with this situation, the Government has taken the Army to the streets and has declared the emergency on the National Road Network. The Minister of Defense of Peru, Alberto Otárola, has admitted that the situation in the country is “serious and worrying” although he has stressed that, with this concern, they have the “constitutional responsibility to preserve the life and integrity of all Peruvians.”
18 months in prison
The Supreme Court of Preparatory Investigation of Peru approved this Tuesday at the last minute the formalization of the process against Pedro Castillo for the alleged commission of a crime of rebellion.
With the case made official, the Public Ministry can request the preventive detention of Castillo, whose preliminary detention ends this Wednesday, December 14, when he could be released.
The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office has requested 18 months in prison preventive for Castillo. Now the Judiciary has a period of 48 hours to schedule a hearing on this request made by the Prosecutor’s Office.