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Troops killed demonstrators in self-defense, president’s lawyer said

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Lima, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) The lawyer of the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, affirmed today that the troops that killed demonstrators in the protests against the president could have acted in self-defense.

Let’s imagine that there is a brutal aggression against a police officer, in legitimate self-defense this situation (the death of demonstrators) could have occurred,’ lawyer Joseph Campos said in public statements.

It may even be, although it may seem paradoxical, that the victim himself has been the provocateur of the situation in which he dies’, Boluarte’s defender said in the investigation process initiated by the Attorney General’s Office, for the alleged crimes of genocide and aggravated homicide.

The case includes Prime Minister Alberto Otárola and refers to the deaths of the first wave of protests, in December 2022, and not in another process that affects her, for irregular electoral financing.

He argued that the military and police forces used their weapons in ‘legitimate defense’ against the alleged attack of the protesters, to which the electronic version of the newspaper La Republica opposes the numerous videos that show the uniformed shooting at civilians who were fleeing or at a distance.

Campos maintained that the responsibility of the presidency ends with the order he gave to the Armed Forces and the Police to reestablish order in the face of serious disturbances caused by the large social protests demanding Boluarte’s resignation.

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