Juliaca, Peru: At least 17 deaths in deadliest day of protests in Puno Region

According to figures presented by the Ombudsman's Office, a total of 17 people, including a minor, have been killed as a result of the clash between protesters and law enforcement. Some victims remain unidentified

The clashes occurred in Juliaca, a city near the banks of Lake Titicaca in southern Peru’s Puno region, and left 68 people injured, Henry Rebaza, a Puno health ministry official, told the state-run television channel TV Peru.

Some of the bodies had bullet wounds, Puno’s regional health director, Ismael Cornejo, told local radio station RPP.

The latest casualties raise the death toll from antigovernment clashes with security forces to 39 since the protests began in early December after the removal and arrest of #Castillo shortly after he tried to illegally dissolve Congress. Castillo is serving 18 months of pretrial detention on charges of rebellion, which he denies.

Rebaza told Peru TV that 28 injured police officers are unable to be evacuated from Juliaca’s airport. Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said thousands of protesters had tried to invade the airport along with a police station.
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