President Dina Boluarte slams court’s call to suspend Peru’s amnesty law

President Dina Boluarte has blasted the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for its opposition to a recently passed bill that would grant amnesty to soldiers, police officers and other security personnel involved in Peru’s internal conflict from 1985 to …

1,000-year-old mummy uncovered by gas workers in Peru

LIMA, Peru — A crew of workers accidentally discovered a mummy more than 1,000 years old while installing gas pipes in Peru’s capital Lima, their employer and archaeologists said Thursday. The mummy was found last week in a tomb underneath a street north …

Peru parolee gets 14 years for cocaine seizure

A parolee caught with another 5 ounces of cocaine pleaded guilty Thursday. Attorneys negotiated a 14-year term. Mariano Verucchi, 24, of Peru, appeared Thursday in La Salle County Circuit Court for a motion to suppress hearing. But after lengthy, closed- …

Gas workers uncover 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru

A crew of workers accidentally discovered a mummy more than 1,000 years old while installing gas pipes in Peru's capital Lima, their employer and archaeologists said Thursday. The mummy was found last week in a tomb underneath a street north of Lima, …

Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains

LIMA, Peru — (AP) — Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru's capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs on Thursday. One was empty, but the other held the 1,000-year-old remains of an individual, alongside four clay …

Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains

EU Prosecutor seizes bank accounts in Dominican Republic and Peru

Santo Domingo.- The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has seized multiple bank accounts in the Dominican Republic and Peru as part of an ongoing investigation into a €25 million VAT fraud scheme linked to the trade of computer equipment. The operation, …

Survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru visits pope’s hometown to call for more reforms

CHICAGO (AP) — A Peruvian survivor of clergy sex abuse brought her public campaign for reforms to the American hometown of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, saying he failed in investigating her case when he was a bishop in her home country and needs to step up …

Survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru visits pope’s hometown to call for more reforms

Peru and Ecuador’s Crude Gamble Faces Indigenous Wall of Resistance

Oakland, CA – In a bold move that sets the stage for escalating conflict in the Amazon, Indigenous governments in northern Peru have denounced a new oil pact between Peru and Ecuador as a direct threat to their rights, lands, and survival. The Achuar, …