Protest in Peru marks a year of political instability and police violence

(10 Jan 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Juliaca, Puno, Peru - 09 January 2024
1. Hundreds of people gathered at a Juliaca bypass ++ MUTE ++
2. Demonstrators carrying photos of their relatives killed by police in protests
3. Bridge with pictures of the injured and victims
4. Police officers watching the demonstrators passing through the streets of Juliaca
5. Demonstrators march, dressed in black to mourn the victims
6. Relatives in the march with the portraits of the victims
7. Group of people carrying mockup coffins
8. People marching and chanting UPSOUND (Spanish): "Quechuas and Aymaras united in the fight."
9. People marching with donkeys
10. Various of relatives of the deceased chanting
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Asunta Jumpiri, Mother of late Brayan Apaza:
"They have murdered the innocent. This is not fair. Let Mrs. Dina President of Peru Dina Boluarte recognize it. She says 'I have not killed,' but you, Mrs. Dina, have murdered our children."
14. People marching

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lima, Peru - 09 January 2024
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Orlando Sanga, Member of the Unified Committee of Struggle of Peru:
"In Juliaca, a day like today (January 9, 2023) 18 brothers were murdered in a single day. This is why a delegation from Juliaca is here in Lima to mobilize and demand justice to the Public Ministry and Attorney General Office, because one year after these crimes against humanity, there is still no one arrested."
16. Various of march
STORYLINE:
Relatives of 18 demonstrators who were killed by police one year ago during protests, marched on Tuesday to mark a year of political instability in Peru and demand justice for their deceased relatives.

Anti-government protests that demanded an end to the government of President Dina Boluarte left 67 people dead and 1,956 injured between December 2022 and January 2023.

According to Peru's Ombudsman's Office, almost all of the dead were civilians, and most of them were killed by firearms.

One of the most violent of the protests took place in the Indigenous province of Juliaca, where 18 people were killed in one day.

The violence to which the police resorted to prevent the demonstrations led to further nationwide protests.

This episode of instability started when president Pedro Castillo tried to dissolve Congress amid corruption accusations.

When the Congress ousted him, Boluarte stepped into the presidency.

AP shot by Alejandra Elías and Cesar Barreto

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