NewsFeed Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Lima to protest the presidential bid of Keiko Fujimori – the daughter of disgraced leader Alberto Fujimori. The four-time candidate is Peru’s most controversial figure. Her father served 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity. Published On 31 May 202631 May 2026 Click here to … Read more
Prosecutor calls for leftist candidate to be jailed for five years and four months over false financial disclosures. Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026 Peru’s public prosecutor’s office has accused leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of financial crimes, calling for him to be imprisoned for five years and four months. The charges, unsealed on … Read more
‘Cuchillo’ (Knife) accused of organised crime, aggravated kidnapping and homicide over murder of 13 miners. Police have arrested the main suspect in the kidnapping and murder in early May of 13 gold miners in Peru. Miguel Antonio Rodriguez Diaz, also known by the alias “Cuchillo” (Knife), was detained in the Colombian city of Medellin on … Read more
Mining in Pataz in Peru’s north will be suspended for 30 days, the country’s President Dina Boluarte said on Monday. She made the announcement after the bodies of 13 security guards working at a gold mine were found by policein a mine tunnel on Sunday. The workers had been held captive for more than a week after being … Read more
Researchers carrying out excavation work in southern Peru found a tomb filled with the remains of two dozen people believed to be battle victims. Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław in Poland have been studying a settlement in the Atico River Valley, a geographical area along the Puru’s southern coast, … Read more
Cinthya Carbajal/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of the passengers wait for news about their loved ones outside the Mariscal Hospital in Ayacucho, Peru, on July 16, 2024. CNN — At least 29 people are dead in Peru after a bus plummeted over 650 feet into a ravine on Tuesday while traveling from the capital Lima to the … Read more
Former President Pedro Castillo is accused of ‘carrying out a coup’ after he attempted to dissolve Congress in 2022. Peru’s prosecutor’s office has formally requested 34 years in prison for former President Pedro Castillo, who was dramatically removed from office and arrested after his attempt to dissolve Congress in late 2022. Castillo, whose removal sparked … Read more
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru said Friday about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico. The forensic experts with Peru’s prosecutor’s office said the objects were made with … Read more