ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A state of emergency has been called for Andahuaylas, Peru, where dozens of army reservists, led by a retired army major, have seized a police station.
Ten police officers were held hostage and seven people were injured by the group of some 100 to 150 reservists, the BBC reported Sunday.
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The group, led by retired army Maj. Antauro Humala, has demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo.
Humala said in a radio interview Toledo was selling out to foreign investors and he called for an end to inflows of capital from neighboring Chile.
He also said his brother, Ollanta Humala, who led a military revolt against former President Alberto Fujimori in 2000, was to join the uprising.
