The iconic Incan citadel dates to the 15th century and is often referred to as one of the new seven wonders of the world.
The Culture Ministry said it had closed the country’s most famous tourist attraction as well as the Inca Trail leading up to the site "to protect the safety of tourists and the population in general."
Also Saturday, police raided Peru’s most important public university in Lima to evict protesters who were being housed at the campus while participating in big demonstrations. More than 100 people were detained, Interior Minister Vicente Romero said. Tourists wait outside the Machu Picchu train station after the railway service was suspended due to damages allegedly caused by protesters in Machu Picchu, Peru, on January 21, 2023.
Javier Cutipa, 39, who traveled by bus from Puno, had been sleeping on the floor there since Thursday but left for breakfast right before the police arrived. He described the police action as "practically an assault," with helicopters, tear gas and small tanks. Students confront the police at the gate of the Lima prefecture after the police raided the National University of San Marcos, one of the oldest in America, to capture those responsible for the recent riots in the capital, which demand the resignatioThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expressed "concern over the police incursion, eviction and massive detentions" at the university and urged the state to "guarantee the integrity and due process of all people.
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