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Lima, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Two new polls on Sunday confirmed that presidential candidate Pedro Castillo holds the first position in the voting intention, whereas his rival, Keiko Fujimori, was able to narrow the gap, a week before the runoff in Peru.
The violent evictions of the unemployed and homeless is one more crime in the Peruvian government’s homicidal handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peru's Shining Path rebel group kills 16 ahead of presidential elections, says military By Jimena De la Quintana and Claudia Rebaza, CNN Updated 6:07 PM ET, Tue May 25, 2021 (CNN)Peruvian authorities say members of the Shining Path rebel group have killed 16 people, including two children, in a poverty-stricken, coca-growing region southeast of the capital, Lima. According to a statement released by Peru's Armed Forces on Monday, the group carried out the killings in a region known as VRAEM (Valle de los Rios Apurimac, Ene y Mantaro) on the night of May 23, burning some of the victim's bod...
First Posted: May 24, 2021 08:51 PM EDT Peru's military confirmed at least 14 deaths in the massacre that took place in a remote region of the country, weeks before the upcoming polls of presidential elections. Al Jazeera reported that the massacre took the lives of 14 people on Sunday, including two children. Peru's military blamed the group "Shining Path" for being responsible for the killings which they label as an "act of genocide." However, the Military also reassured Peruvians of a secure electoral process in the coming weeks. The military furthered that the group responsible for the ...
At least 14 people, including two children, have been killed in a remote region of Peru known for coca production, the military said on Monday, less than two weeks before voters head to the polls for a presidential runoff. Peru’s police chief, César Cervantes, told local television channel N that at least 18 people were killed, while the military said in a statement there were 14 victims. “I strongly condemn the murders of these 14 people,” interim Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti tweeted on Monday, saying that he had ordered army and police patrols in the area “so that this terr...