Cameras of the Municipality of Lima recorded looting and destruction: 116 points in the city center affected

Yesterday's protests against the Pedro Castillo government led to excesses and looting in several areas of the center of the capital. According to the Municipality of Lima, 116 points in the city were destroyed.

The events were recorded by the cameras of the mayor's commune. “We have recorded looting in dos Tambos, attempted robberies in various shops and most of all destruction of public and private property,” Jorge Piana, Manager of Citizen Security of the Municipality of Lima, told Tv Peru, who also specified that public ornaments, traffic signs, containers were affected. of garbage.

He also stated that several members of the Lima municipality's Serenzago were attacked by the protesters, including one of them left with a broken head. “He was accompanied by two other serenes, and they were attacked by these vandals with stones, which caused his head to break,” said Piana.

“The other three serene people we have wounded have been for trying to protect the ornament of Plaza San Martín, which was attacked with sticks and stones. Finally, one of them had his bicycle stolen,” the official continued.

The recording of these criminal acts will facilitate investigations and identify the alleged perpetrators of the crime of aggravated damage against public and private property.

11 PRISONERS

The Second Office of the Third Corporate Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Cercado de Lima opened a preliminary investigation against those who are liable for damage caused to the headquarters of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Judiciary and other entities during the protests.

Currently, 11 persons who were arrested in flagrante, that is, at the scene of the crime, are being investigated and who would be linked to the damage caused to these entities and other premises close to the protest area. They are charged with the alleged commission of the crimes of aggravated damage and disturbance, as well as aggravated theft.

As part of the first actions, the public prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judiciary, witnesses and the urgent conduct of the investigations of the damage caused were carried out. This will be carried out by the prosecutors and criminology experts of the National Police.

THEY LOOTED THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

The seat of the High Court of Justice, located at the crossroads of Abancay avenues with Nicolás de Pierola, was attacked by vandals and the theft of computers, fire extinguishers, furniture, fans and even medicines from a medicine cabinet.

At first, it was only known that the facade of the premises had been destroyed with stones and sticks. However, minutes later, members of the Peruvian National Police warned that a group of protesters had entered the establishment.

According to a report by RPP, the protesters, after destroying the gate, attacked the security guards and broke into the judicial headquarters. As a result, agents of the PNP used tear gas bombs to dispel the subjects, but failed to remove them.

The president of the judiciary, Elvia Barrios, said that the vandals tried to burn the basements of the Superior Court of Justice where there are files of different kinds. “It's a group that seems to be targeted,” he told the media outlet.

Thanks to videos posted on social networks, it became known how it looked inside the looted headquarters of the High Court of Justice. The images show how the offices on the first floor of the former Ministry of Education were destroyed. “All the computer equipment took away,” says the person who recorded the clip.

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