Overview

• Human-rights group CNDDHH reported 18 injured, including a journalist and a brigadista, and accused police of excessive force and indiscriminate tear gas.
• PNP’s Inspectoría General launched an administrative investigation into alleged arbitrary force and said it will submit the case file to the Public Ministry.
• Police said an officer suffered first-degree burns from a molotov and advised that elderly people and minors should not attend volatile demonstrations.
• Transport unions and Generation Z youth marched in Lima’s historic center to demand action on insecurity and extortion and to oppose pension reforms.
• Security preparations include AI-enabled IREX surveillance cameras for real-time identification, while the archbishop of Lima publicly backed protesters’ concerns.