Transport Strike: Prosecutor's Office opens investigation into the death of three citizens in Junín

In recent days, the country has witnessed a widespread sense of disagreement on the part of citizens from different parts of the country. This sentiment has promoted protests that, unfortunately, have claimed the lives of several Peruvians. During the demonstrations held in Junín between March 28 and April 2, there were three deaths whose causes will seek to be clarified by the Public Ministry.

The provinces of Jauja and Concepción were the places where the first three deaths of the marches generated by the rise in prices of various basic necessities for both families and carriers were recorded. Since the confirmation of the deaths, the Minister of the Interior, Alfonso Chávarry, said that they were not provoked by clashes with the Peruvian National Police (PNP); however, a team from the Public Prosecutor's Office will determine what were the circumstances in which these occurred tragedies.

Among the victims is a 13-year-old teenager whose body was found on the banks of the Yacus River, at the height of the Bellavista area, in the district of Ataura, Jauja province. Prosecutor Liz Santos Quispe, from the Provincial Corporate Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Jauja, will be responsible for clarifying the reasons for the minor's unfortunate death. She was also in charge of carrying out the removal of the body on April 1. The hypothesis that has been used since the loss became known indicates that the teenager had fallen into the river in his attempt to escape from the police, which sought to control the protesters.

Candy Magaly Hinostroza de la Cruz is the second victim of the demonstrations in Junín. This is a teacher who died after being run over by Hans Oré at the height of the Las Balsas bridge in Concepción. An attempt was made to declare the request for preventive detention against the person under investigation inadmissible, but the Public Prosecutor's Office filed an appeal to the Preparatory Investigation Court of Concepción

An 82-year-old man identified as Jorge Maldonado Landeo from the district of Huaripampa (Jauja), died because he had not received his haemodialysis treatment in a timely manner at the Essalud-Huancayo hospital. According to a note from El Comercio, the aforementioned death would not have been reported by relatives to the sector's PNP or to the Public Ministry.

QUESTIONABLE STATEMENT

The deaths of these citizens were duly reported by the media. For his part, the Minister of the Interior, Alfonso Chávarry, said that these would not have been the product of the clashes with the NPP. “When the wave of protests took place, there were protesters who protested peacefully in and around the city, the police handled it very wisely to avoid a social cost; however, there have been three deaths, not by the police, but two from traffic accidents and a child who fell into the river, and that the police rescued. We regret these deaths and my condolences to the relatives,” he said.

However, hours earlier Chávarry was criticized for the qualifiers used to mark those protesting in the center of the country. “The protesters are not farmers, they are not transporters; they are young vandals and criminals who have broken three walls and broken the door of the coliseum. You're trying to calm them down. They are attacking policemen with stones, the police are using only tear gas to control them,” said the Minister of the Interior.

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