Rosalino Flores, a 22-year-old man who was hit by 36 bullets on January 11 in the city of Cusco during anti-government protests in Peru, died on Tuesday in a Lima hospital where he was admitted. brought the total death toll to 49 about the suppression of demonstrations.

“After nearly two months of agony“Rosalino Flores, a 22-year-old young man who received more than 30 metal balls in the stomach during the protests in Cusco, has died,” the National Coordinator for Human Rights (CNDDHH) tweeted.

The agency expressed “solidarity and deep regret” to the Flores family and noted that there are currently 49 civilians who died during the repression against protests against the government of Dina Boluarte which started in December last year.

Leftist Congresswoman Ruth Luke also pointed out on her Twitter account that just “received the sad news of the death of Rosalino Flores”.

“His body could no longer resist. My condolences and sympathy to his family. A new death burdens this government. Rosalino was 22 years old and his dreams were stolen by this government,” he added.

The legislator previously announced that this Wednesday Two months have passed since Flores was transferred from Cusco to the Arzobispo Loays Hospital.from Lima, where he remained in intensive care and received only “parenteral nutrition” (intravenously).

Flores, who was a gastronomy student, was hit on January 11 by 36 bullets fired at very close range by National Police agents who were cracking down on protesters, according to declared shortly after the incident by his brother Juan José. The moment of the shot at Rosalino was captured by surveillance cameras in the area.

“My brother came to support the woundedto the suffocated, who were with tear gas, he did not carry any weapons or stones in his hand, and he was shot,” his brother told the investigative portal public opinionhistory confirmed by CCTV cameras.

He added that impact of granules there was “about four or five meters” and that they affected the small and large intestines, as well as the kidneys and lung, because of which the young man had to be urgently operated on.

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Another 48 civilians join this case, who, according to the Ombudsman’s office, died in clashes with law enforcement officers, and Police officer dies after being burned to death and another 11 people because of the checkpoints by the protesters.

Boluart confirmed another death from the same causes, death patient who was kept in blockadesand Unicef ​​reported the death of an unborn child, in addition to the death of a woman in the northern region of La Libertad reported by the police.

Prime Minister Alberto Otarola confirmed on January 19 the death of four Haitian citizens, and a few days later the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Aknur). raised the figure to seven stranded citizens of this countryexposed to adverse climatic conditions and limited access to basic services.

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last March 6 confirmed death of 6 soldiers, who drowned while trying to cross the Ilawe River in the south of the country, allegedly to avoid confrontation with protesters from that area of ​​the Puno region. (EFE)