Families destroyed in Ica: illegally detained farm workers face prison (Wayka [Spanish] - 2/17/2023)
Families destroyed in Ica: illegally detained farmworkers face prison (Spanish) Relatives of farmworkers arrested on January 25 in the town of Expansión in Ica denounce arbitrary arrests during a police raid during protests against President Dina Boluarte. The Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsman) and Ica Human Rights Commission (CODEHICA) confirmed that the Peruvian National Police (PNP) violated the human rights of the detainees with physical mistreatment, restrictions on the entry of food and the denial of access to lawyers. Police in Expansión, Ica, where troops can be seen throwing stones at houses (photo La Lupa) Ghiomara Rafaele Yoni Mendoza Llamocca left his home in Ica at approximately three in the afternoon to pick up her eight-year-old daughter who was at his mother-in-law's house, three blocks from the Panamericana Sur highway. From her home, she heard people's screams and smelled tear gas. The sound of shots alerted the citizens of Expansión that the PNP had entered th...