FEATURE-Gas, marbles and lead pellets: Peru protest deaths turn spotlight on police violence Reuters 12/18/2020
By Marcelo Rochabrun
LIMA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Ruben Guevara was marching in teargas-filled streets in Lima in November when he was hit in the face by what felt like a gas canister, severely damaging his right retina. We were protecting people who had already fallen to the ground and police kept moving forward and shooting straight at us, said Guevara, 32, a father of two.
Guevara was one of millions of Peruvians who marched against interim President Manuel Merino last month. After just five days in power, and faced by intense protests in Lima that led to the deaths of two demonstrators and some 200 injuries, Merino resigned.
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