Hundreds of protesters from different regions of Peru gathered this Thursday in front of the headquarters of the América Televisión network, in Limawhich was guarded by a group of National Police agents after the attack he suffered last December.
The citizens they carried flags and banners indicating that they came from the southern regions of Puno and Arequipa, as well as various districts of Lima.
They launched some slogans, although most of them stood peacefully before the chainin a concentration that lasted half an hour, after which they resumed their movement through the streets near the historic center of Lima.
The protesters also reached the area of Arequipa avenue, one of the most important in the Peruvian capital, where the the headquarters of the local channel Panamericana Televisión.
His unexpected presence in the area raised concern among members of local chainswho on December 12 were attacked with stones by a group of vandals who had participated in an anti-government protest.
The attackers, who were demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the closure of Congress, attacked the headquarters of América Televisión and Canal N, which occupy the same building, and of Panamericana Televisión, as well as a vehicle from the Exitosa radio station. .
In the case of America, they threw stones and blunt objects that damaged several windows and part of the building’s infrastructure.
The National Association of Journalists (ANP) condemned the attack and remarked that “the right to protest cannot support these acts of vandalism that undermine it”.
In the anti-government demonstrations, in which 65 people have died since December, slogans have been frequently launched against the press, which is accused of being “in favor of the powerful” and of “lying” about the protests, and even They have reported acts of harassment and attacks against journalists.
Reporters have also been victims of police repression of demonstrationssince several have been injured with pellets and blows by agents in the midst of the demonstrations that have taken place in different regions of the country.