- 'Like a pandemic, with weapons' - Extortion is rife across Latin America but has grown to colossal proportions in Peru, ...

Peru announced a state of emergency late Sunday in the capital Lima over a wave of killings linked to extortion. The move came after singer Paul Flores was shot dead by hitmen who attacked a bus ...

According to an indictment by Peru’s public prosecutor’s office, Álvarez extorted, threatened and ordered the assassination ...

Reports of extortion are rising again in Peru, in part because victims are more willing to seek help from the authorities.

Amid the outcry after Mr Flores’ killing, President Dina Boluarte declared a 30-day state of emergency in Lima. On March 25th ...

Jorge Zapata, president of the National Confederation of Private Businesses, a powerful trade group, told local radio station RPP that many small business owners in Lima have been forced to make ...

"It has been ordered that in the coming hours, a state of emergency be decreed throughout the province of Lima and the Constitutional ... thousands of Peruvians." Extortion is a widespread issue ...

told local radio station RPP that many small business owners in Lima have been forced to make extortion payments to criminal groups. There were 2,057 murders in Peru in 2024, compared with 674 in ...