Uncover the challenges faced by Peru’s new president in tackling security issues including extortion and cocaine trafficking.

Amid a wave of mass protests against social inequality, Peru’s nominal opposition parties are doing everything possible to block any actions against recently installed President José Jerí.

The Peruvian Government stipulated that minors aged 16 and 17 who commit crimes such as extortion, contract killing, or kidnapping will be held accountable for their actions, the <a href=" of the ...

Indigenous communities on the remote border between Peru and Brazil are alarmed over the growing presence of Brazil's Comando ...

Since January, nearly 70 bus drivers have been murdered for not paying extortion fees to organized crime groups ...

Under the state of emergency, the government can send the army to patrol the streets and restrict freedom of assembly and other rights.

President Sheinbaum held her final morning press conference of the week before welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron to ...

Speeding over to a muddy bank of Peru's Madre de Dios river in a motorboat, Karina Garay pointed to a small wooden structure.

Peru's new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of ...

Interpol and partners have launched a global law enforcement effort to fight illegal deforestation in tropical areas.