Peru declares an emergency and unfolds the army as violence grows in the capital

Lima – Monday, President Peru declared an emergency state in the Capital and ordered the soldiers to help the police address an approach Violence of violenceAgainst the background of the shout on a large scale one day after killing a popular singer.

The government of President Dina Boluarte has published a decree that says the emergency state will take 30 days, and the authorities will restrict certain rights, including freedom of assembly and movement. This means that the police and the army could hold people without a judicial order.

Peru has registered an increase in killings, violent extortion and attacks on public places in recent months. Police reported 459 killings from January 1 to March 16 and 1,909 extortion reports only in January. But the outrage was crossed after the killing of Paul Flores on Sunday, the 39 -year -old singer of the band Cumbia Harmonia 10.

In the Congress, opposition parliamentarians asked a vote of confidence against the Minister of Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, for what they say is a lack of a growing violence plan. The vote is expected to be discussed in the plenary of Congress at the end of this week.

Flores was shot at death on Sunday, when the attackers attacked the bus he and the bandmates were traveling after a concert in Lima. Cumbia is a style of Latin music that people dance to the rhythm of drums, Maracas and other tools.

The attack on the popular singer was not the only violent weekend event. On Saturday, an object exploded at a restaurant in the capital, hurting at least 11 people.

Boluarte’s government has previously decreed an emergency in an attempt to stop violence between September and December.