Protests continued Friday, with key roads blockaded and five airports forced to close.
The death toll could be as high as 20, Eliana Revollar, head of Peru's ombudsman's office, said in an interview with local radio RPP.
On Thursday, eight people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters in Ayacucho, according to local authorities, after a Supreme Court panel ordered an 18-monthCastillo has denied wrongdoing and says he remains the country's lawful president. The United Nations on Friday expressed "deep concern" over reports of deaths and detentions of minors involved in the demonstrations.
A criminal complaint has been filed with prosecutors specializing in human rights in the Ayacucho province of Huamanga in order to determine "responsibility for the serious violations" there, the ombudsman's office said in a statement, without giving further details.on Wednesday, granting police special powers and limiting freedoms including the right to assembly, but it appears to have had little effect in stemming the protests.
Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Valentine Hilaire and Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien
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