LIMA, Peru — In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí on Saturday led a series of raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide, the presidency said, a day after the ouster ...

LIMA, Peru(AP) — A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes while serving as governor of a southern state.

Former President Martin Vizcarra arrives for a sentence hearing in Lima, Peru, on November 26 [Martin Mejia/AP Photo] A Peruvian court has sentenced former President Martin Vizcarra to 14 years in ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for his role in a corruption scheme during his tenure as governor of a southern state.

LIMA — Santos Arce Ramos is doing 18 years for aggravated robbery, but today he is carefully cutting organic cotton cloth in a workshop at San Pedro, a notorious prison in Peru’s capital Lima. With ...