Peru Court Studies Appeal of Fujimori Verdicts

Peru’s Supreme Court began today to evaluate ex-president Alberto Fujimori’s appeal to annul the verdicts handed down to him earlier this year, for the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta murders, and in the corruption and kidnapping trial. Fujimori’s attorney, César Nakasaki, is requesting to annul the 25 year sentence given to Fujimori in April this [...]

Two police officers killed in eastern province

Two police officers were killed Tuesday in a roadside ambush on their patrol vehicle in Peru’s eastern jungle.  Officer Wilfredo Otarola and Officer Jaime Ruiz were attacked during broad daylight on a road between Villa Rica, in Oxapampa Province and Puerto Bermúdez, in Satipo. Otarola died immediately after the attack and Ruiz was transported to [...]

Mob attacks police station following death of local man

Some 2,000 people attacked a police station Tuesday night in the Andean town of Celendín, in Peru’s northern Cajamarca Department following the death of a 27-year-old man in police custody. According to daily El Comercio, the mob was armed with stones and sticks. They burned two police vehicles, a motorcycle, several computers and police archives. [...]