Soldiers take their weapons after arriving as reinforcements amid violent protests following the ousting and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Ayacucho, Peru December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Miguel Gutierrez Chero NO RESALE. NO ARCHIVES

The President’s Government To Boluarte would be on the verge of publishing a regulation establishing in which cases the use of force by the military could be authorized during the social demonstrations which have been unleashed since last December in different regions of the country after the failure of the self-coup of state of Pedro Castillo.

According to the document that has not yet appeared in the official bulletin of standards of the newspaper El Peruano, and disseminated by the journalist Diego Quispe on social networks, the personnel of the Armed forces You will be able to use standard weapons in the following situations:

  • For his own defense or that of others in imminent danger of death or serious injury.
  • When a situation involving a serious threat to life occurs during the commission of a particularly serious crime.
  • When an imminent danger of death or serious injury is generated as a result of the resistance offered by the person to intervene.
  • When a person’s life is put in imminent danger by a fleeing person. In this situation, the use of lethal force is only justified against those who, in their flight, create an obvious, manifest and immediate risk likely to cause serious injury or death.

In addition, the procedure that the military will follow is mentioned.

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Regulation of the use of force by the military during demonstrations.
Regulation of the use of force by the military during demonstrations.

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