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Pedestrians walk past soldiers guarding a bridge in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, after President Dina Boluarte declared a state of emergency following the killing of a popular singer amid a surge in violence in the capital. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Troops on the streets of Lima as Peru’s government calls state of emergency to tackle crime wave

The residents of Lima were told to expect added security on their journeys into work after Peru’s government declared a state of emergency in the capital city to tackle a crimewave and increasing violence.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte speaks to the press during a visit by Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

Peru declares an emergency and deploys the army as violence surges in the capital

Peruvian farmer Luciano Lliuya speaks to the media in front of glacier pictures held by activists at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, before a first hearing of his climate damages case against the German energy company RWE for its carbon emissions, which may have been contributing to the melting of a nearby glacier that could flood his home, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in a fight to hold polluters accountable

Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo ends hunger strike after four days, authorities say

Tourists walk in front of the Tuco glacier in Huascaran National Park during a tour called the "Route of climate change" in Huaraz, Peru, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peruvian farmer’s case against German energy giant RWE could reshape global climate accountability

Peru’s capital begins state of emergency over crime but few uniformed officers on the streets

Commuters and residents in Lima were facing new security measures on Tuesday after Peru’s government declared a state of emergency in the capital to combat growing crime rates that have prompted some lawmakers to seek the removal of the interior minister. (AP video by Cesar Barreto)

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Peru passes law critics claim will hamper the ability of NGOs to defend human rights

Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo transferred to a hospital days after starting hunger strike

Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Former Peruvian president announces hunger strike to protest rebellion trial

Part of the Amazon jungle destroyed by illegal miners is visible in the Tambopata province, Peru's Madre de Dios region on March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Peru’s Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing

Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, arrives for his trial on charges of rebellion and others against the state at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peruvian ex-President Castillo is on trial for a failed attempt to dissolve Congress

Shopping mall roof collapse in northern Peru leaves 6 dead, 78 injured

A fan of Colombian pop star Shakira poses with a cutout of the singer outside of the National Stadium a day after she canceled her concert after being hospitalized, in Lima, Peru, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Shakira resumes world tour with concert in Peru after canceling show due to illness

Sitting against a backdrop depicting St. John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests, Archbishop of Trujillo Hector Miguel Cabrejos, left, along with Pope Francis, listen to welcome message at the St. Carlos and Marcelo College in Trujillo, Peru, Jan. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope Francis accepts the resignation of a Peruvian bishop accused of ignoring abuse

A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 21, 2019, on the border with Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South America

Lidia Flores, the leader of the National Association of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared Persons of Peru, poses for a portrait in Ayacucho, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Flores' husband was killed in Peru's internal armed conflict (1980-2000). (AP Photo/Silvio La Rosa)

Peru’s disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who knows their sorrow helps

Archbishop of Lima Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne celebrates a Mass, Jan. 18, 2001 in Lima, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Vatican says sanctions still in effect against Opus Dei cardinal following sex abuse allegations

Vatican investigators Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, right, from Spain, and Archbishop Charles Scicluna, from Malta, walk outside of the Nunciatura Apostolica during a break from meeting with people alleged abused by the Catholic lay group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, in Lima, Peru, on July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Pope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses uncovered by Vatican

Peru's coach Jorge Fossati gestures during a qualifying soccer match against Ecuador for the FIFA World Cup 2026 at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Jorge Fossati out as coach of Peru men’s national soccer team

This August 2024 photo provided by researchers shows a mummified human from Peru's Chancay culture. (Tom Kaye via AP)

Lasers illuminate the intricate patterns on ancient tattoos of Peru’s mummies

Hugo Sotil, former Peru and Barcelona forward, dies at 75

Peru’s Navy rescues dozens of fishermen stranded at sea as giant waves pound shore

Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Amazon Indigenous community wins latest stage of court battle for lost territory

Bulgarian officials seize 420 pounds of cocaine hidden on a cargo ship from Peru

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a Time magazine Person of the Year event at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump extends unprecedented invites to China’s Xi and other world leaders for his inauguration

Bee rescuer Alfredo Santiago removes a colony of bees from a house garden, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Bee ‘rescuer’ in Peruvian capital plies his trade with passion, free of charge

Sadith Silvano, from Paoyhan, a Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous community in the Amazon, puts on an earring at her home and workshop where she hand-paints textiles in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. “When we paint, we listen to the inspiration that comes from the music and connect to nature, to our elders,” said Silvano. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

These Peruvian women left the Amazon, but their homeland still inspires their songs and crafts

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru, Tsanim Evaristo Wajai Asamat, left, and Pamuk Teofilo Kukush Pati, pose inside the Westminster Hall in London, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Indigenous leaders travel to UK from Peru to draw attention to oil damage and banking

President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One late Tuesday, Nov. 19 2024, at Joint Base Andrews, from G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden has become notably quiet after the 2024 election and Democrats’ loss

Argentina's Lionel Messi controls the ball during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 against Paraguay in Asuncion, Paraguay, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Messi’s Argentina could reach the verge of World Cup spot by beating visitor Peru

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

Asia-Pacific summit closes in Peru with China’s Xi front and center as Trump whiplash looms

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

In a meeting with Biden, China’s Xi cautions US to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable

President Joe Biden speaks during a trilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba and the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol in Lima, Peru, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden praises cooperation at meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders amid North Korea worries

Peru's President Dina Boluarte, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk down the red carpet during a welcome ceremony at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world’s least popular presidents

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, Peru's Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen, center, and US Ambassador to Peru Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath wave on the airport tarmac ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Biden arrives in Peru for international summit and meeting with Xi as world leaders brace for Trump

Peru's President Dina Boluarte, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after a ceremony to virtually inaugurate a Chinese-funded port in the city of Chancay, at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

China’s president unveils a megaport in Peru, but locals say they’re being left out