Peru Premier and Interior Minister to face Congress on nature reserve eviction that led to death of two policemen

Premier Yehude Simon and Interior minister Remigio Hernani are to be answering questions in Congress today, regarding the death of two policemen last week during the eviction of squatters at the Pomac Historical Forest Sanctuary in northern Peru. Two policemen were shot dead by snipers last Tuesday during the forced eviction of hundreds of squatters [...]

One officer dead and 11 injured in roadside ambush

One police officer is dead and 11 wounded after a police patrol was ambushed yesterday in the southern Ayacucho Department. The head of Peru’s anti-narcotics police, Gen. Miguel Hidalgo, confirmed that Officer Marisela Solier López, 21, was killed during the attack on a jungle road outside the city of Huamanguilla, Agencia Andina reported. The ambush [...]