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Lima ‘Generación Z’ Protests Leave 19 Police Injured as Rights Groups Decry Attacks on Press

Civil groups are pressing for independent investigations into alleged excessive police force.

Producto del golpe, el gráfico terminó con el brazo lastimado y tuvo que ser atendido en una clínica. Junto con él, otros reporteros gráficos también denunciaron haber sido maltratados.
Defendió la actuación policial frente a las recientes movilizaciones contra la reforma del sistema de pensiones.
Agentes resultaron con lesiones, heridas y golpes por objetos contundentes. Uno de ellos será operado por fracturas en la cabeza.
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Overview

  • Interior Minister Carlos Malaver confirmed 19 Policía Nacional officers were hurt over the weekend, with suboficial Alan Benítez Ambrosio hospitalized for severe facial and ocular injuries.
  • Police reported six detentions across the two days and said about 450 participants committed violent acts, including a fire set at the front of the Superior Court of Justice and damage to public infrastructure.
  • The Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos tallied 85 cases of aggression attributed to police, 11 people injured, 11 arbitrary detentions with four still in custody, and 53 incidents of damage to journalistic equipment.
  • Press‑freedom groups IPYS and ANP condemned assaults on reporters, citing injuries from pellets and beatings in cases involving Diego Quispe, Yajaira Pacheco and Percy Grados, as well as El Comercio photographer Julio Reaño.
  • Authorities voiced support for injured officers as media and civil society urged accountability, and supporters called for the release of 22‑year‑old Samuel Rodríguez, who was detained during the disturbances.