Extortion is rife across Latin America but has grown to colossal proportions in Peru, where local gangs and transnational ...

A bill currently being proposed in the South American country's legislature would have a chilling effect, and make in-depth ...

Peru's president declared a state of emergency in the capital Monday and ordered the deployment of soldiers to help police address a surge of violence, amid widespread outcry a day after the ...

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says her country will hold general elections one year from now in an effort to end years of ...

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove the interior minister from office after deciding that he had failed to adequately handle rising violent crime in the Andean country.

Protesters gather to demand the government provide security against the rising violence in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 21, 2025. Credit: AP/Guadalupe Pardo Long Island lost at least 5,800 years of ...

A protester in a Joker costume takes part in a demonstration demanding the government provide security against the rising violence, in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo ...

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove the interior ... Public outrage has surged over an increase in killings and other violence, especially the killing Sunday of Paul Flores, the 39-year-old ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Congress voted Friday to remove the interior ... Public outrage has surged over an increase in killings and other violence, especially the killing Sunday of Paul Flores, the ...