:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/PGQOX7X2OVBIDEHN2R7CUBQSEI.jpg "Protests in Peru: journalists from América televisión are attacked during the demonstrations | March in Lima | Dina Boluarte | | PERU")
The protests this Thursday, January 19, brought with them a series of acts of violence by protesters seeking the exit of In Boluarte of the Government and the subsequent closure of Congress. It is in this context that the attack on five journalists of America Television.
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These press men were covering the news when they were cowardly attacked by a mob of protesters.
What at first were only insults, turned into physical aggression, as the images shared by the aforementioned media outlet show.
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Even one of the members of the press team lost two of his teeth after being hit in the face with a blunt object.
As recalled, last Thursday there were mobilizations at the national level and, as a result, a Peruvian in Arequipa lost his life, while dozens of people were injured, including protesters and law enforcement.
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Peruvian Press Council
In a statement, released through its official social networks, it “strongly repudiates the various attacks on journalists and the media” that occurred on January 18 and 19.
“This organization has been able to register cowardly attacks on journalists from at least eight media outlets, among others who work independently, by some protesters in downtown Lima and other districts of the capital,” says the first part of the statement. .
