Xenophobia in Pucallpa: Venezuelans denounce member of the PNP for breaking the skull of one of them

A case of xenophobia was reported in Pucallpa. Two Venezuelan citizens denounced that members of the Peruvian National Police violently evicted them from a lodging. One of them ended up with a broken skull and wounds on his face.

The incident was recorded on video by one of the foreigners and uploaded to social networks. According to him, they exceeded their lodging time and ignored the owner of the place, who asked them to leave the room, so he asked the PNP agents for help.

“They tried to forcibly evict us without allowing us to pick up our things that were in the room, when we were even willing to pay for the time exceeded,” said Brandon Santos.

After being arrested, Santos revealed that he was kept in detention for 48 hours after filing his complaint at the police station. According to his testimony published on his Twitter account, his mistake would have been to accuse his attackers in the same police office where they work.

“In my opinion, (the officer) simply expressed his hatred. Following this, I was on my way to file my complaint and his companions immediately arrested me, depriving me of liberty for more than 48 hours, without the right to communicate with anyone,” he said.

He also announced that prosecutor Sara Doris García Cárdenas “kidnapped” him and prevented him from “receiving legal aid or making any kind of call.” In addition, he reported that he proposed to him, and to his brother Kevin Santos, to release him “on the condition that he did not file a statement.”

“He told me that if I made any kind of lawsuit, he would be isolated for five more days,” he continued to reveal through social networks, where several users expressed their support.

For his part, Kevin Santos regretted what happened and commented that he was disappointed at the treatment received by the Peruvian authorities. “It is really sad to visit a country (Peru) as a tourist and people think that you can be attacked just because you are Venezuelan. I know that not all Peruvians are like that, but with these actions it does not cause us to come again. I am a person who loves Peru...”, he said.

“It's not the first time I've visited this country, but they always act xenophobically against Venezuelans as if we don't have rights like any human being. What a disappointment to experience something like what happened on the present day. Totally disappointed,” he continued.

Finally, Brandon Santos warned that, if in later days, “something happened against me or Kevin's, he held the Pucallpa police force and the prosecutor: Sandra Doris García Cárdenas fully responsible.”

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