National Strike LIVE: airport seizure, blocked roads, protests in Puno, Cusco and latest news (La República [Spanish] - 1/11/2023)

Peru National Strike: airport seizure, blocked roads, protests in Puno, Cusco and latest news (Spanish)

Katherine Ayarza

Minute by Minute Coverage of Protests in Puno, Cusco, Arequipa, and regions of Peru for January 1, 2023:

18:14 - 11/1/2023

Protests in Cusco: twenty-three confirmed injuries, one of them in critical condition due to bullet impact

According to sources from La República, one of the injured during the demonstrations in Cusco is a 50-year-old man who received a bullet wound. The victim is currently undergoing surgery at the Antonio Lorena Hospital and then will go to the ICU.

17:54 - 11/1/2023

National Strike: what are the blocked roads in Cusco?

These are the roads blocked in the Cusco region according to SUTRAN: 

• Kilometer 220, highway Quinua-Quillabamba-Cusco - La Convención, Cusco
• Kilometer 230, highway Quinua-Quillabamba-Cusco - La Convención, Cusco
• Kilometer 215, highway Quinua-Quillabamba-Cusco - La Convención, Cusco
• Kilometer 200, highway Quinua-Quillabamba-Cusco - La Convención, Cusco
• Kilometer 195, highway Quinua-Quillabamba-Cusco - La Convención, Cusco
• Kilometer 1068, longitudinal of the southern sierra - Canchis, Checacupe, Cusco
• Kilometer 1076, longitudinal of the southern sierra - Canchis, Combopata, Cusco
• Kilometer 1083+600, longitudinal of the southern sierra - Tinta, Canchis, Cusco
• Kilometer 1092, longitudinal of the southern sierra - Canchis, San Pedro, Cusco
• Kilometer 1089, longitudinal of the southern sierra - Canchis, San Pedro, Cusco
• Kilometer 1112, longitudinal of the southern sierra - Canchis, Sicuani, Cusco
• Kilometer 1117, longitudinal of the southern mountain range - Marangani, Canchis, Cusco
• Kilometer 1121, longitudinal of the southern mountain range - Marangani, Canchis, Cusco
• Kilometer 1125, longitudinal of the southern mountain range - Marangani, Canchis, Cusco
• Kilometer 1134, longitudinal of the southern mountain range - Marangani, Canchis, Cusco

17:42 - 11/1/2023

EsSalud denounced that a group of people attacked another ambulance during protests

Through its social networks, EsSalud indicated that, once again, another of its ambulances has been stoned during protests in the city of Cusco. 

"The Adolfo Guevara Hospital unit was transferring a patient to his home. We regret these acts of violence that put people's lives at risk," the message read.

17:30 - 11/1/2023

It is confirmed that all deaths in Juliaca were caused by firearm projectiles

The coordinator of the prosecutors against organized crime, Jorge Chávez Cotrina, told La República that the seventeen fatalities in Juliaca, Puno died from a firearm projectile (PAF).

"The preliminary investigation for 60 days is classified as qualified homicide and serious injuries," he said. Get more information HERE.

16:53 - 11/1/2023

Cusco: Police injure student representative of the UNSAAC University Federation.

The secretary of the UNSAAC University Federation has been injured after being hit by a pellet at foot height by a police officer on Wednesday, January 11. After this fact, they took him unconscious to the regional hospital; however, his relatives indicated that the door of this hospital was guarded by officers, who prevented his passage.

Thus, in communication with this medium, the president of this federation considered that the Peruvian National Police (PNP) should not be outside this health center.

16:07 - 11/1/2023

Arequipa: the Corso de la Amistad in Mollendo is postponed due to protest deaths.

The Provincial Municipality of Islay postpones the Corso de la Amistad, Mollendo 2023, in Arequipa, due to the deaths in Puno of seventeen persons protesting in favor of the closure of Congress and new elections.

15:51 - 11/1/2023

Bishop of Paraguay expresses solidarity with the death of seventeen citizens in protests

Bishop of Paraguay expresses his solidarity with the death of seventeen civilians in a confrontation between the PNP and the protesters, in Juliaca. "We regret that the path to truth, through law and justice, must be followed by paths of violence and arbitrariness," he read in the statement.

15:45 - 11/1/2023

La Libertad: Acuña affirms that he will seek dialogue with indigenous and peasant groups.

Cesár Acuña Peralta, regional governor of La Libertad, affirmed that he will seek to dialogue with the representatives of peasant groups to avoid disturbances in the region.

“I am going to call them; we are going to talk with them. We are going to sit at the table and ask them what they need from the regional government, if we can, we will help them, if we cannot, I will make them understand that we cannot help them,” he indicated.

15:25 - 11/1/2023

La Libertad: indigenous and peasant patrols confirm strike and ask population to stock up on food.

The indigenous and peasant patrols of the La Libertad region will demonstrate again to demand new elections and the closure of Congress. This was confirmed by the regional president of the Single Central of Peasant Rounds (CUNARC), Pablo Haro Quispe.

The top peasant leader, in a press conference, indicated that the protest will take place on Monday, January 16 and will have the participation of eleven provincial bases, which have 90,000 members. Along these lines, he asked citizens to stock up on food because a forceful stoppage is expected.

15:19 - 11/1/2023

Coffins of the seventeen dead in Juliaca are taken to the Inca Manco Cápac Airport

Hundreds of citizens move through the streets of Juliaca towards the Inca Manco Cápac airport, the scene where seventeen civilians died in a confrontation between the PNP and protesters. "We are not terrorists, we are Juliaqueños," the protesters shouted.

Credits: Liubomir Fernandez / URPI-LR

14:51 - 11/1/2023

Tacna: Gregorio Albarracín district police station attacked.

In the morning of January 11, a group of people attacked and threw heavy stones at one of the police stations in the Gregorio Albarracín district, in Tacna. At that time there was not much presence of police officers, as they were guarding other parts of the city.

14:42 - 11/1/2023

Cusco: protesters continue trying to enter the Alejandro Velasco Airport.

Local media have reported that one of the main points of confrontation in Cusco continues to take place outside the Alejandro Velasco airport, where different groups of people have gathered to form pickets. Given this scenario, the PNP has begun to launch tear gas bombs. However, despite these demonstrations, entry to said air terminal remains free.

14:01 - 11/1/2023

University of the Altiplano of Puno regrets death of medical student killed in police repression.

The University of the Altiplano of Puno issued a statement to mourn the sensitive death of the student of the Faculty of Medicine Marco Antonio Samillan Sanga, who also worked as an intern at the Carlos Monge Medrano Hospital. 

"We adhere to the pain that overwhelms the family, we communicate that their remains have been watching over the Jirón Carlos Lavagña 145 in the city of Juliaca."

13:46 - 11/1/2023

Cusco: police guard the Alejandro Velasco Astete airport with a tank.

A group of citizens from La Convención arrived at Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport (CUZ) and held protests in its surroundings and tried to push the wall of the air terminal. This was not a major incident and contingents of the PNP surrounded the Cusco airport and blocked the advance of the demonstrators with tanks, anti-riot equipment and even weapons of war.

Credits: Alexander Flores / URPI-LR

13:40 - 11/1/2023

Cusco: protesters try to march towards the Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport.

Dozens of protesters tried to march towards the Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport, but the Police have formed long security cordons to prevent the passage. On Avenida 28 de Julio in Wanchaq, protestors persist while carrying out harangues.

Credits: Alexander Flores / URPI-LR

13:17 - 11/1/2023

Relatives of Nataly, the minor who died in Juliaca, maintain that she went out to buy groceries.

In the collective wake that takes place in the back of the morgue of the Carlos Monge Medrano Hospital in Juliaca, are the friends and relatives of those who died during the clashes between police and citizens.

The father of Nataly, a 17-year-old teenager, maintained that his daughter lost her life due to a bullet in the abdominal area when she went out to shop for groceries.

Image: Puno Noticias

12:49 - 11/1/2023

Tacna: protesters try to loot shopping center.

A group of protesters tried to enter the facilities of the Plaza Vea Shopping Center in the city of Tacna. However, this purpose was frustrated because members of the PNP dispersed the crowd with tear gas.

Liz Ferrer / URPI-LR

11:51 - 11/1/2023

Arequipa: merchants block San Isidro bridge in solidarity with those killed in protests.

Merchants from the Andrés Avelino Cáceres commercial platform, in Arequipa, blocked the San Isidro bridge in solidarity with the seventeen civilians who died in Juliaca, Puno.

Credits: Leonela Aquino / URPI-LR

11:37 - 11/1/2023

Andahuaylas: community members march in the streets.

On the eighth day of the National Strike, residents go out to march in the streets of Andahuaylas to demand the closure of Congress and new elections.

Photo: Epicentro TV

11:04 - 11/1/2023

Puno: residents walk the streets with coffins of seventeen civilians who died in protests.

Bereaved and residents walk the streets with coffins of seventeen civilians killed in clashes between the PNP and protesters in Juliaca. The city has declared itself in mourning.

Credits: Liubomir Fernandez / URPI-LR

10:05

11/1/2023

San Martín: protesters block Fernando Belaúnde Terry highway

Protesters blocked the Fernando Belaúnde Terry highway in the Campanilla district, in San Martín. The protesters demand the closure of Congress and new elections.

Photo: Successful

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