The
Peruvian Prosecutor's Office
has initiated preliminary investigations against President
Dina Boluarte;
her prime minister,
Alberto Otárola,
and the head of Defense,
Jorge Chávez,
and Interior,
Víctor Rojas
for alleged crimes of genocide, qualified homicide and serious injuries during the demonstrations in the southern
Andes
in December and January.
The Public Ministry
's decision
came while Congress was discussing a vote of confidence in Boluarte's second cabinet, in what is presumed to be a very close result.
After the 18 violent deaths in the border state of
Puno,
the provisional figure has risen to 45 by adding those who died in December.
The Juliaca
massacre
was caused when hundreds of protesters tried to violently take over the airport in that region of the southern Andes and were brutally repressed by police and military.
The violent coven ended at dawn with the execution of a
police non-commissioned officer,
who was ambushed by almost a hundred radicals and burned to death, after his murderers forced him to undress, as was recorded on a video.
The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office maintains seven investigations against former President
Pedro Castillo,
today imprisoned in the same
Barbadillo
prison as the dictator
Alberto Fujimori,
its only two residents.
The Public Ministry has also included former Prime Minister
Pedro Angulo
and former Defense Minister
César Cervantes in its investigations.
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