Peru Declares Emergency to Fight Crime in Key Districts riotimesonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from riotimesonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
While the Peruvian president is currently in New York City to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly, she was virtually present during the announcement of the emergency.
Grenades Are Trademark of Venezuelan Extortion Gangs in Peru insightcrime.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insightcrime.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A series of grenade attacks and threats linked to Venezuelan gangs and extortion in Peru reveal how the use of this weapon has been exported from Venezuela to other Latin American countries. The latest attack came on September 15 in San Juan de Lurigancho, a district of the capital Lima, when a grenade was thrown inside a nightclub, injuring at least 15 people. The nationality of the attackers has not been officially confirmed, but sources within the Peruvian police sources told Exitosa Noticias
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said on Monday her government has declared a state of emergency in three districts hit by a spike in crime, a measure that allows the military to help enforce security. The emergency status was declared in the districts of San Juan de Lurigancho and San Martin de Porras, both in the capital Lima, and in the northern district of Talara, Boluarte said in a statement, adding in an interview that the measure aimed to raise a "frontal fight against crime and organized crime." The measure, which Prime minister Alberto Otarola said will take effect on Tuesday, suspends civil rights such as the inviolability of the home.