Confrontation in Pucallpa: ten dead
Farmers in Pucallpa were celebrating the end of a 16-day strike when the prefect denied permission to demonstrate. Police intervention to deactivate the march of the Federation of Ucayali Farmers resulted in a confrontation that left ten dead.
In Pucallpa, Ucayali, peasants lifted a 16-day strike and celebrated with a demonstration the agreements reached with the government. The prefect denied permission for the demonstration, which provoked a confrontation. The police intervened in the mobilization carried out by the Federation of Peasants of Ucayali when they tried to deactivate the march. The confrontation left ten people dead.