Overview
- Carolina Jaramillo said she and her team hid after police launched tear gas and “were shooting,” according to videos she posted from central Lima.
- She described the police response as indiscriminate, asserting that peaceful demonstrators were affected along with those causing disturbances.
- Jaramillo joined the national march wearing shirts with Paul Flores’s image to press for accountability in his unresolved March killing.
- The protest outside the Palace of Justice drew high-profile artists who voiced opposition to Congress and President José Jerí.
- Coverage relies on participants’ videos and statements, and no official police response or independent verification of live fire has been reported.