Peruvians peacefully protesting coup are met with police brutality

July 28, 2023 10:00 AM CDT BY ROGER MCKENZIE

Peruvian police launched a brutal crackdown Thursday on a peaceful protest against the election of the new board of directors of the country’s congress.

One of the lawmakers elected to the board is under investigation for corruption and for more than 50 tax fraud allegations.

Protesters were holding a sit-in outside the Parliament building in Lima when the police arrived and assaulted them.

Delegations of social organizations from across the interior of the country also took part in the protest to demand justice over the killing of more than 50 people by security forces under the orders of the assembly-appointed President Dina Boluarte.

Boluarte took over as president when Pedro Castillo was ousted and imprisoned in a coup by the assembly in December last year. Castillo, who was elected in 2021, is still being held in custody by Peruvian authorities.

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