Protesters occupying Petroperú Station 5 radicalize actions

This Petroperu press release was translated from Spanish by an automated system

Petroperú expresses its deep concern about the radicalization of protests announced by the group of teachers and residents of Manseriche, in Loreto, who have occupied Station 5 of the North Peruvian Oil Pipeline (ONP) since August 19, demanding that the State address a series of demands related to the education sector and that are not related to the company's activities.

In the last few hours, the protesters announced that, without receiving a concrete response from the authorities, they will take a series of actions such as blocking roads and making other threats against the integrity of the ONP industrial facilities, putting their lives, the lives of the workers and the residents of nearby communities at risk.

Recently, this group of protesters, joined by residents of the Jerusalem indigenous community, set fire near the facilities while giving speeches, which increases the risk of explosions and fires due to the presence of crude oil and fuel in tanks and pipelines.

Petroperú reiterates its call for dialogue and asks the more than one hundred protesters to immediately leave the facilities in order to avoid serious consequences to regret. It also calls on the authorities to intervene urgently to find a peaceful solution to this situation that represents an imminent danger for the entire population.