Reports of extortion are rising again in Peru, in part because victims are more willing to seek help from the authorities.

Peru’s congress fired the nation’s minister in charge of police on Friday, days after the murder of a popular singer once again raised alarm about a rise in deadly extortion rackets.

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.

The residents of Lima were told to expect added security on their journeys into work after Peru's government declared a state of emergency in the capital city to tackle a crimewave and increasing ...

in what police suspect was an attack following a demand for extortion payments. States of emergency are a very common government tactic in Peru and significant parts of Lima had already been under ...

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 killing ...

Peru’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that police are treating the shooting as a deliberate attack. According to police documents obtained by CNN, authorities believe shots were fired from a motorcycle ...

LIMA, March 24 (Reuters) - Peruvian Agriculture Minister Angel Manero on Monday announced some $24 billion in largely public-private projects to improve irrigation in the Andean nation, as the ...

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Police Chief Mike Smudzinski said La Salle and Peru officers were called around 1:30 p.m. to the 600 block of Chatres Street in La Salle for a report of a suicidal subject with a gun. The man ...

LIMA, March 19 (Reuters) - Peru's government approved an environmental impact study for a green hydrogen plant that is expected to cost $12.5 billion, Production Minister Sergio Gonzalez announced ...