The most violent period in Peru's history still brings sorrow among the thousands who lost loved ones between 1980 and 2000.

In the northwestern city of Trujillo, the epicenter of the extortion epidemic, two people were injured when a bomb exploded ...

Peru is facing its worst public safety crisis in recent memory, with top government officials blaming transnational criminal organizations for the chaos and violence that’s also roiling neighbors ...

Organized crime remains one of the primary drivers of violence in the ... airstrips to move drug loads and support illegal mining operations near local towns. In Peru, for example, violence against ...

insurgencies or organized crime. The most well-known of these mass disappearances occurred in Argentina and Chile during ...

" "target="_blank">President Dina Boluarte on Monday announced the incorporation of business guilds into the National Citizen Security Council (Conasec) with the aim of joining forces in the frontal ...

A court in Peru on Monday suspended the money laundering ... She is charged with money laundering, organized crime, obstruction of justice and making false declarations. Fujimori had already ...

Peru declared a state of emergency on Monday, following the detonation of explosives attacking the Public Ministry of Trujillo. Monday's incident marks the second attack in Trujillo this year.

Many have never been found, presumed to be the victims of dictatorships, insurgencies or organized crime. The most well ... elsewhere in the region. In Peru, Colombia and Paraguay, for example ...