Rosalino Flores is a 22-year-old young man. Received the effect of 36 pellets in the city of Cuzco last January 11 During the anti-government protests in Peru, dead This brings the total number of deaths from the suppression of demonstrations at the Lima hospital, where he was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, to 49. “Rosalino Flores, 22, died after nearly two months of agony, who ate more than 30 metal pellets in his stomach during the protests in Cuzco,” the National Coordinator for Human Rights (CNDDHH) wrote on Twitter. The agency expressed its “solidarity and deep sorrow” to the Flores family and noted that 49 civilians have now lost their lives during the suppression of protests against Dina Boluarte’s government that began last December.
Left-wing congresswoman Ruth Luque also stated on her Twitter account that she “just received the sad news of the death of Rosalino Flores.” “Her body couldn’t take it anymore. My condolences and solidarity to her family. A new death is a burden to this government. Rosalino was 22, whose dreams were taken away by this government.” The legislator had previously reported that this Wednesday marks the two-month anniversary of Flores’ transfer from Cuzco to Arzobispo Loayza Hospital in Lima, where he remains in the intensive care unit and receives only “parenteral nutrition” (intravenous).
Flores, a gastronomy student, saw the effect of 36 pills on January 11. He was shot at very close range by agents of the National Police who put pressure on him. protesters, as noted by his brother Juan José shortly after the incident and recorded on security cameras in the area. Speaking to the Ojo Público investigation portal, his brother, according to a story confirmed by security cameras, said, “My brother came to help the injured who were suffocated by tear gas, he had no gun or stone and they shot him.” He added that the impact of the pellets occurred “from about four to five meters away” and affected the young man’s small and large intestine, which needed urgent surgery, as well as a kidney and a lung. .
According to the data of the Ombudsman Institution, this case is added to the case of 48 civilians who lost their lives in clashes with law enforcement, 48 civilians who lost their lives by being burned alive by a police officer, and 11 people because of the barricades by the protesters.
Boluarte confirmed another death of a patient held in blockades for the same reasons, and Unicef reported the death of an unborn baby in addition to the death of a woman in the northern area of La Libertad. police.
Prime Minister Alberto Otárola confirmed on January 19 that four Haitian citizens had died, and days later the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Acnur) increased the number of stranded citizens of this country to seven, exposed to the climatic conditions. downsides and limited access to essential services.
On March 6, it was confirmed that 6 soldiers died, who supposedly drowned while trying to cross the Ilave River in the south of the country to avoid clashes with protesters from that area of the Puno region.