LIMA/JULIACA --- At least 12 people died following clashes in Juliaca in southern Peru, the regional health ministry said Monday, after a resumption of protests demanding early elections and the release of jailed former President Pedro Castillo. The dead included two teenagers, the ministry said. The latest casualties take the death toll from anti-government clashes with security forces to 34 since the protests began in early December following the removal and arrest of Castillo shortly after he tried to illegally dissolve Congress. Castillo is serving 18 months of pre-trial detention on charges of rebellion, which he denies. At least 38 people had been injured and hospit...Keep on reading: At least 12 dead in anti-government protests in southern Peru