Overview
- Fernando Rospigliosi released a video alongside Lima police commanders endorsing operations and urging officers to act "with all energy to repress" violent demonstrators.
- He claimed there is information that some participants plan attacks on police and damage to public and private property, a claim not independently corroborated in the reports.
- Friday’s mobilization in central Lima was convened by transport workers, university groups and Generation Z collectives following an October 27 protest over the death of urban artist Eduardo Ruiz Sanz.
- Rospigliosi said peaceful marches are not repressed but asserted that those who attack security forces commit crimes and should face firm action, citing prior episodes with dozens of police injured by stones and pyrotechnics.
- Journalist Rosa María Palacios publicly criticized his stance as overreach and dangerous, questioning his authority to direct police actions.