Police remove land mines from perimeter of Lima maximum security prison

More than 3,000 land mines that were placed around Lima’s maximum security Miguel Castro Castro prison have been deactivated and removed, according to state news agency Andina. The operation was carried out by Divescom, a police unit specialized in removing land mines. The work to remove the mines from the prison began on September 7, [...]

Peru requests extension on deadline to remove land mines

Peru is filing a request to the international Mine Ban Treaty, or Ottawa Convention, to extend to 2012 its deadline to remove anti-personal land mines within Peruvian territory. The current deadline is 2009. Gonzalo Gutiérrez, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, told Andina news agency that a lack of infrastructure and a limited budget have slowed down [...]