Quinua, a rural hamlet nestled high in the Peruvian Andes, was the site of a major battle that secured South America's independence from Spain in the 19th century. But on Saturday, its streets were overrun by weeping residents commemorating a far more senseless loss: a young protester.
abc.net.au/news/peru-political-unrest-protests-over-president-ouster-continue/101788802Quinua, a rural hamlet nestled high in the Peruvian Andes, was the site of a major battle that secured South America's independence from Spain in the 19th century.
Mr Rojas died in clashes with the army in the nearby provincial capital of Ayacucho, which has emerged as an unlikely epicentre of unrest in Peru's still unfolding political crisis. "Then why this violence in the streets? I didn't look to be here. I tried to protect him as much as I could." Nine people died that day — more than a third of the total deaths reported during the unrest nationwide — as soldiers hustled from the barracks as part of a 30-day state of emergency and indiscriminately fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammo into large crowds."He wasn't armed," said his father, Reider Rojas, who was dressed in black.
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