:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/MNJCD3TPAVHX3A455HYQ5MFHPA.jpg "The Minister of the Interior testified before the Office of the Prosecutor for the intervention of the police at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos")
The minister of the Interior, Vincent Romerogave his statement yesterday before the national prosecutor’s office for the intervention that National Police of Peru (PNP) executed on January 21 at the headquarters of the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM).
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Vicente Romero called on the municipal authorities to organize themselves and fight, together with the executive, the growing wave of crime that is plaguing the country. Furthermore, he acknowledged that the Government is adopting actions aimed at strengthening the PNP.
As it is public, more than 200 police officers entered the house of studies to arrest 193 people, including a pregnant woman; the girls and the boys; Native; adults; students; and four journalists, who were going to take part in the demonstrations against the government of To Boluarte In Lima.
On that day, it was shocking to see tanks smashing through the gates, protesters being thrown to the ground and some students’ residences being violently interfered with by the policemen who were in the operation.
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For all these reasons, Minister Romero is being investigated for the alleged commission of the crime of omission of functional acts. However, the Mininter chief defended himself against criticism.
“No one was hurt, everything was in accordance with the law and respecting human rights. One of the main concerns of President Dina Boluarte and Prime Minister Alberto Otárola is their unrestricted respect,” did he declare.
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Romero explained that everything was prepared so that there were no setbacks and that this happened, because the representative of the study house indicated that about a hundred citizens quickly entered the facilities .
“The representative of the university presents himself and asks the general, head of the police region of Lima, the intervention and the release of the forces of the university illegally taken care of. Staff from the Lima area responded and entered the university using a multi-purpose vehicle to guarantee the safety of police personnel and those involved,” he said.
There Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and his Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE) They condemned the violent evictions and mass arrests in San Marcos.
Likewise, the international organization rejected the arbitrary use of force by the agents of the Police.
“On this occasion, the IACHR reminds the State of its obligations regarding the exceptional use of public force, based on the principles of legality, absolute necessity and proportionality. At the same time, he urges you to guarantee the inviolability of university space,” said the main body of the Organization of American States (OAS).
According to information provided by the State to the IACHR, To date, all those detained during the operation have been released. However, the international body said it rejects any practice of violence there discrimination against women, girls and adolescents, who are under investigation by the Peruvian authorities.
Furthermore, the State informed the Commission that the police operation had been carried out ex officio after the legal representative of the UNMSM file a complaint for assault and theft against the university security staff and after agreement of the Higher University Council requiring campus holidays. He also indicated that the PNP tried to negotiate with the people who were on campus before the operation.
For its part, Civil society organizations denounced the excessive use of force by the police PNP.
In addition, arbitrary arrests and searches of the dormitories of student leaders, under the alleged commission of the crime of terrorism, have been reported; verbal aggression with the use of intimidating language, contemptuous, racist and humiliating; as well as reports of female detainees being forced to strip and squat. Similarly, defense professionals reported that they reportedly had difficulty gaining access to detainees. The state informed the IACHR that the facts are under investigation.