Ronald Navarro, mayor of the Paimas district in Peru’s northern city of Piura, was shot and killed on Thursday. Two assailants on a motorcycle approached Navarro yesterday afternoon as he Full Article »
A district mayor in Peru’s northern state of Ancash was murdered along with his lawyer yesterday. Samanco district mayor Francisco Ariza and his lawyer Henry Aldea died when a group Full Article »
Last night Peru’s congress voted to give President Ollanta Humala special powers to rule by decree in matters of the economy and crime for 90 days. In a special session Full Article »
Competing squatter gangs fought for land near a historic battle memorial in the south of Lima last week. Three weeks ago, over 1,000 squatters sectioned off small plots of land in Full Article »
Police fought with 400 squatters looking to settle land in a 50,000-acre archaeological site south of Lima yesterday. Located in the southern suburb of Villa Maria del Triunfo, the Tablada Full Article »
