LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s new government has imposed a police state amid violent protests following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo. The defense minister said the military will support national police in restricting the rights of people across the Andean nation to gather and move and be free from search and seizure. Peru’s new president, Dina Boluarte, has pleaded for calm and raised possibility of scheduling general elections for a year from now. Demonstrators have called for immediate elections for the presidency and all of Congress. Meanwhile Castillo remains jailed as authorities build a rebellion case against him. At least seven people have died in the demonstrations.
Peru’s new government declares police state amid protests
