Peru Sees Crime Surge Tied to Transnational Gangs Roiling Region Interior chief says Peru crime wave unlike any ‘seen before’ President also addressed issue of crime in WEF in Davos ...

In the background is the monument to the soldiers erected in 1909 at Whitestone Hill State Historic Site. The stone monument to the left was added in the 1940s as a tribute to the Native Americans.

Peru declared a state of emergency on Monday, following the detonation of explosives attacking the Public Ministry of Trujillo. Monday’s incident marks the second attack in Trujillo this year. In the ...