Before the complaints that the Police had entered to evict and detain the protesters who had stayed in the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) without the presence of representatives of the Public ministrythe ‘Dean of America’ itself issued a statement to inform that the intervention was made “ex officio” due to the state of emergency already a case offlagrancy” as a result of the theft of some electronic equipment.
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“In the context of the current state of national emergency… The National Police acted ex officio to recover the gates of the University City that were taken and violated by demonstrators who participated in marches at the national level”says the UNMSM statement.
In addition, the university asserted that they had reached an agreement with the protesters so that they withdraw peacefully and of their own free will on Thursday, January 19, at noon, hours before the so-called Taking of Lima. “In an extraordinary session it was agreed to establish a dialogue between a commission of deans and students of the UNMSM and representatives of the protesters where it was agreed that they had a deadline to withdraw in an orderly manner from the university campus until Thursday 19 at 12 noon, an agreement that was not fulfilled”, narrows the pronouncement.
THEFT REPORTED
Hours before the entrance of the National Police of Peru to the University of San Marcos, the university sent a statement stating that, on the night of Friday the 20th, protesters who were staying in the university city attacked the security personnel.
In addition, it was indicated that the subjects assaulted the workers and the theft of seven electronic devices and seven vests. For this reason, the General Office of Institutional Image of the San Marcos University, detailed the facts through a statement.
“On Friday, January 20, 2023, around 9:40 p.m., a group of protesters who were inside the university city attacked the security forces at Gate No. 1, who were guarding the access to the San Marcos campus.”, he said himself.
“That group of protesters was with their faces covered, they reduced and stole the security equipment and vests of all the security members, beating them from the University City, at that time of night. Subsequently, they approached door No. 6, they stole the equipment and vests of the Security and Surveillance Office personnel who were at said access, who verified the theft of 7 electronic security devices and 7 vests.“, Add.