Violence. Hundreds of protesters confronted the police and the Army in the vicinity of the runway of the Inca Manco Cápac airport in Juliaca. As a result of this fact, four police officers were injured and twelve civilians. they ended up injured, in addition the mob set fire to the armored police vehicle “Kaspir”.
After noon, a group of protesters moved to the head of the runway of the first air terminal, on Avenida Independencia in this city, where they tried to tear down the fence, causing the reaction of the agents who fired the first tear gas.
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Little by little, a greater number of protesters gathered and besieged the airport. Equipped with stones, rockets and other blunt objects, they confronted the agents who fired tear gas to disperse the strikers.
Despite the fact that Aeropuertos Andinos issued a statement suspending operations at the Juliaca airport; The violence did not stop. They fueled and set fire to the armored police vehicle and tore down part of the perimeter fence.
gunshot wounds
During the confrontation, which lasted from noon, it was reported that several civilians and police officers ended up with serious injuries. From the Carlos Monge Medrano de Juliaca hospital they confirmed that 6 people were admitted with injuries and they are:
- Alfonso Quispe Ticona (shot wound)
- Frank Yucra Quecara (gunshot wound)
- Policeman with the last name Chávez (neck injury)
- Víctor Raúl Quispe López (eye injury)
- Jair Condemayta Ticona (head injury)
- Leonardo Velarde Villa (foot and hand injuries)
They pointed out that several injured people were also admitted to the Santa Adriana health center.
At the close of this article, following 5:00 p.m., the mob entered the runway of the Inca Manco Cápac airport. The policemen continued throwing gas, trying to prevent the seizure of the first air terminal. In addition, they kept reporting more injuries.
marches and blockades
For the third day, the strike was forcefully accepted. The accesses to the city of Juliaca remain blocked, while hundreds of merchants, transporters and other sectors mobilized through the downtown streets, haranguing once morest the government of Dina Boluarte.
In other provinces the fighting measure also continued. In the capital of the region, in the morning, there was a blockade in the Alto Puno sector.
