Soldiers have been deployed to address the crisis, amid widespread outcry a day after the killing of a popular singer.

Troops to patrol the capital after shooting of popular cumbia singer in extortion attack on bus provokes public outrage.

Peru on Monday declared a month-long state of emergency in the capital Lima to allow for the deployment of soldiers to help ...

Paul Flores was shot dead by hitmen who attacked a bus he was riding with bandmates as they left a concert outside Lima, ...

Peru's government declared on Monday a state of emergency in the capital Lima while it also deployed soldiers to the streets ...

Peru in 2025 is facing its deadliest start of the year on record, with the government imposing a state of emergency throughout the nation’s capital to try to keep criminals at bay. Most Read from ...

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been taken from prison to a hospital days after beginning a hunger strike in ...

Firefighters in the Peruvian capital, Lima, say a blaze that started on Monday in an old neighborhood is still out of control ...

President Dina Boluarte’s government published a decree saying that the state of emergency will last 30 days, and authorities ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- 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 ...

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