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- Robbery in 40 seconds: criminals snatch van and firearm from PNP non-commissioned officer in Villa El Salvador
- 'El Italiano' sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering Armonía 10 singer
- Police officer dead in Trujillo: autopsy contradicts shooting account and points to fall
- Bolivia extradites Jhonsson Pulpo to Peru, top leader of Los Pulpos gang
- Leader of Indigenous Ashaninka People Murdered in Peruvian Amazon
- Five arrested for armed attack on Nueva América bus in San Juan de Miraflores
- Indigenous Ashaninka leader murdered in Peru's Ucayali region
- Andean Court admits claim against Peru over illegal mining in Nanay river
- 134 homicides in Peru in the first days of Fujimori's government: 76% committed with firearms
- Murder of lawyer in bar in Peru – security camera footage captures targeted attack
- Peru's Constitutional Court annuls 15-year sentence against Ollanta Humala
- Deliberate fire in La Victoria kills ten, including five children
- Police officer shoots dead 8-year-old boy in Huacho; sub-officer detained
- Peruvian prosecutor seeks preventive detention for police officer who killed eight-year-old in Huacho
- Police officer shoots and kills eight-year-old boy in Huacho; officer detained
- Prosecutor seeks preventive custody for police officer who killed 8-year-old child in Huacho
- Public prosecutor seeks 9 months in prison for police officer who killed 8-year-old boy in Huacho
- Constitutional Court Annuls Vladimir Cerrón's Pre-trial Detention for Organised Crime
- Eight-year-old boy with autism dies from police bullet in Huacho: mother denounces police abandonment
- Purchase of 31,000 pistols for Peru's national police under suspicion of overpricing and lack of public procurement
- Police officer runs down and kills elderly man in Comas on way to medical appointment
- Gunmen on motorcycle kill motorcycle taxi driver with 14 shots in San Juan de Miraflores
- Lima police officer shot by unknown assailants in Ayacucho
- Ariel Fefer returns to Peru and launches podcast to find mastermind behind his mother's murder
- Police detain three suspects in murder of Translima driver in Carabayllo
- Santa Catalina company suspends service after driver killed in Villa El Salvador
- Transport security guard executed in Lima by gunmen who return to attack witness
- Man arrested for killing PNP officer in illegal bar in Cercado de Lima
- Robbers steal 52,000 soles from money changer in central Lima; three fugitives remain at large
- Former police officer arrested after repeatedly robbing neighbourhood shops in north Lima
- Joint operation dismantles drug-trafficking networks in South Lima
- Regional governor of Tumbes detained in major operation against money laundering
- Five arrested after dismantling of extortion gang in capital's southern zone
- Peru: Police officers disguised as mascots arrested a drug trafficker
- Drug raid in Lima: Police officers disguised as World Cup mascots arrest dealer
- Peru police disguised as World Cup mascots capture alleged drug trafficker in Lima
- Drug trafficker arrested in Lima by officers dressed as World Cup mascots
- Peruvian police arrest drug trafficker disguised as World Cup mascots
- Lima police conduct drug raid disguised as World Cup mascots
- Peruvian police arrested drug trafficker disguised as World Cup mascots
- Peruvian officers dressed as World Cup mascots arrested suspected drug dealer
- Lima police disguise officers as World Cup mascots to arrest drug trafficking suspect
- Peruvian police officers infiltrate as World Cup mascots to dismantle drug cartel in Lima
- Peru police detain suspected drug trafficker disguised as World Cup mascots
- Peruvian police detain drug trafficker disguised as 2026 World Cup mascot
- Peruvian prosecutors seek preventive detention for eight soldiers over death of five civilians in Huancavelica
- Reckless homicide in Lima: mother sentenced for leaving sick son alone who died
- Foreign national shot dead with 16 bullets on Jirón Angaraes, Cercado de Lima
- BTS concerts in Lima: National Police activate virtual patrols against ticket fraud
- Man linked to La Federación criminal gang arrested over extortion in Lima
- Alleged leadership of 'Los Mexicanos' arrested, gang that extorted transport companies in Lima
- Venezuelan shot dead in Plaza San Martín in front of his partner and daughter
- 17-year-old arrested after attempting to set minibus on fire in Cercado de Lima for S/100
- Candidate Roberto Sánchez denies link to man under investigation for drug trafficking in Trujillo
- Abencia Meza condemned to 30 years for inciting murder of ex-partner in Lima
- 21-year-old killed after being pursued in San Juan de Lurigancho
- Four family members shot dead in Sullana, including a 15-year-old boy
- Minibus driver murdered in Lima's Cercado district after refusing to pay 3-sol extortion fees
- "The Grave Robbers of Los Olivos" gang falls in Carabayllo with over 100 stolen mobile phones
- Police officer sentenced to one year in prison for attempted extortion in East Lima