Caught in the crossfire, Peru protest deaths keep anger burning


A family member mourns Jonathan Alarcon after his coffin was brought to the plaza where he was shot during protests following the ouster of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, in Ayacucho, Peru December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Angela Ponce

AYACUCHO, Peru (Reuters) - Edgar Prado, 51, a mechanic and driver from the city of Ayacucho in southern Peru, spent most of the day on Dec. 15 in his garage tinkering on his white Toyota Hilux pickup, even as protests began to build in the airport just a block away.

At 5.56 p.m. that day he would suffer a fatal gunshot wound to the chest and by 6.00 a.m. the next morning he would be dead, according to security camera footage reviewed by Reuters and his autopsy, one of ten people killed in the city in the most bloody violence that has roiled Peru in recent weeks.

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