(Reuters) - Seven police officers were killed after being ambushed in an area of central Peru known for its cocaine production, the National Police said Saturday.
This Sunday, voters in Peru will elect a new president. The choice they face is between Keiko Fujimori, a center-right candidate and the daughter of disgraced former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, and Pedro Castillo, a schoolteacher and union leader.
The number of attacks in the remote location region of Peru has risen to 16 in New Peru
Peruvian authorities accuse the dissident faction of the Maoist rebel group Shining Path of deadly violence.
Number of dead an attack Authorities said Tuesday that it had risen to 16 in a mountainous and remote region of Peru, as the country’s interim president promised that those responsible for the killings would not face “impunity”.
Peruvian authorities have blamed deadly violence on a dissident faction in the Shining Path, a Maoist movement that confronted the government in the 1980s and 1990s.
“We are doing everything we can to deploy the police and the military to effectively combat this scourge,” interim President Francisco Sagasti told reporters.
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