Overview

• Transport unions and youth groups known as 'Generación Z' marched through central Lima to denounce extortion, violence and corruption, criticize President Dina Boluarte, and oppose the pension reform.
• Police formed riot lines and used tear gas to push crowds back from the Congress area toward Plaza San Martín, with confrontations reported on Avenida Abancay, Nicolás de Piérola, jirón Carabaya and jirón de la Unión.
• The human-rights group CNDDHH reported 18 injured, including a journalist and a brigadista, and medical brigades cited cases such as a 24-year-old hit with four pellets in the face and an elderly man with a nasal injury.
• The National Police said one officer suffered first-degree burns after being struck by a molotov during the demonstration and is receiving medical attention.
• CNDDHH condemned the police response and urged safeguards for upcoming mobilizations, while official data show 18,385 extortion complaints (+29.3%) and 1,508 homicides (+12.6%) in January–August 2025, and the police recently acknowledged an intelligence leak.