A rifle costs $ 5200, a 4000 machine gun, a pistol and a revolver 1200 USD 800. Those prices were written with a ballpoint pen red on a white paper and crumpled. Appeared alongside images of each weapon found in a cabin Sealed Stone sector. In the last hours, this site jungle, in the northeast of the province of Esmeraldas and 200 meters from the border with Colombia, 60 soldiers arrived 1 North Operational Command. The soldiers, who are in charge of the security of the northern border, entered the house with wooden walls and metal roof, built next to the river Mataje amid thick vegetation. There he discovered nine jute bags, containing more than 12,000 bullets for AK-47 rifle and two shotguns. “The AK-47 do not use the Armed Forces of Ecuador. We believe that the ammunition (7.62) was aimed at illegal armed groups in Colombia, “said Fernando Proaño, Command Chief. (Article provides significant information as to arms trafficking routes and prices for contraband along border with Colombia and Peru)Read Article
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The Foreign Ministry said Friday the abolition of visas for citizens of Colombia and Peru who travel to Mexico as visitors without permission to work in the country. “The abolition of the visa requirement for nationals Peruvians and Colombians favors a large number of people who enter our country for periods of less than six […]
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Drug Office of the National Gendarmerie, along with local agencies and most of Latin America, put in place a mechanism to control the production of chemicals that can be used to make drugs. These are the results. The need to participate, engage and coordinate objectives and global efforts against this scourge according to defonline.com.ar The […]
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According to telegraph.co.uk, An historic colonial building housing up to 17 families collapsed in Lima after it sustained structural damage from an overnight fire. The mansion, known as the Casona El Buque, was built in 1753 and was designated a national monument in 1988 and later a UNESCO heritage site in 1991. Read Article
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Attention. LaRepublica.pe site used to spread viruses on false death of Alberto Fujimori Tuesday, November 6, 2012 | 11:25 a.m. The name used to send fake video Republic of Alberto Fujimori. Comes through noticicas@larepublica.pe account. LaRepublica.pe cautions all readers that a virus is circulating disguised in the form of an email titled “Last Minute: Fujimori […]
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Despite the implementation of the National Traffic Regulation, the number of accidents is increasing. In the last two years, more than 5000 deaths in the country, due to the traffic accidents , according to the head of the NGO Light Amber , Luis Quispe Candia. In 2007 we reported the death of 3,510 people on […]
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Tarija, Colonel Raul Herbas, announced that due to a track that was made in recent weeks, it was established that drug traffickers use routes Paraguayans this department for transportation of marijuana. Investigations disclosed that the illegal is transported to the borders of Chile, being that sometimes reach the Republic of Peru. Read Article
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Intensified operational by the Highway Police yesterday led to the arrest of a subject who was traveling in an interprovincial bus carrying his belongings over 60 sticks of dynamite. The man suspected to be explosives trafficker was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Division of Camana, according to elpueblo.com.pe. The police action came last Friday at […]
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Exsa, the largest company of explosives for mining in Peru, could invest in Colombia and Argentina following the recent purchase of the most important Brazilian explosives company, together with its Chilean partner Enaex. Gustavo Gomez-Sanchez, Exsa commercial manager, said the expansion plans of the company in the region go hand in hand with the growth […]
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Sporting Club president Pizarro, Moscoso Evaristo Cruz, was the victim of a threat, after unknown assailants at his home left him two sticks of dynamite, apparently to intimidate according to diariocorreo.pe. The explosives were with their wicks, and were left in a dark bag on the balcony of the aforementioned property, located in San Pedro […]
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Peru21.pe reported that Javier Gonzales Baptist (35) slipped down a slope of about 50 meters while on a hike in the area of Malata, in Cabanaconde, Caylloma. trekking. A Spanish national tourist died after falling from a cliff about 50 meters high in the area of Malata, in the district of Cabanaconde in Caylloma ( […]
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Spanish.peopledaily.com.cn reported that an Ecuadorian Coast Guard boat stopped Ecuador last weekend two Peruvian vessels and six crew when conducting illegal fishing in national waters, reported the Ecuadorian Navy. The detention of vessels occurred last Saturday at 23 nautical miles west of the island of Santa Clara, in Ecuadorian sea during a patrol boat Coast […]
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Elcomercio.pe reported that two policemen were arrested with 72 kilos of cocaine in the district Chungui in Ayacucho. These were identified as Freddy NCOs Risco de la Cruz and the Castle Cherub Ramirez, who took the drug in several backpacks, hidden in bushes. According to report of “America News”, there are two scenarios that the […]
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diariocorreo.pe reported that three suspected of collaborating with the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso (SL), which were in possession of explosives, were arrested by the combined patrols of the Armed Forces and National Police during a raid Pichari developed district, province of the Convention, in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene Rivers (VRAE). Read Article
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This morning the judge decide Hugo Ortega Risso foreign situation that remains in the lockup of the Judiciary. The representative of the Public Ministry will present today the remand order against the Chilean Juan Maldonado Henz accused of committing the crime of drug trafficking. The alien was captured in the city of Tacna and transferred […]
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impetu.pe Reported – Tingo Maria. – The National Police yesterday morning destroyed a laboratory of cocaine base in the Santa Rosa district Rupa Rupa, Leoncio Prado province in Huanuco. The maceration pit measuring 10 meters long, 5 meters wide and 70 inches high. At the time of the police intervention was processing 50 pounds of […]
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Elcomoercio.pe reported the boat, which was finished in 2014, can carry 250 naval personnel. The Navy of Peru will build the sail training ship largest of its kind in Latin America, today announced Adm. Carlos Tejada , general commander of the armed forces. “It will be the largest vessel that has been in Latin America. […]
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Elcomercio.pe reporte thatthe National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology ( Senamhi ) reported that Lima will present temperatures below 20 degrees until late October and that the showers will persist during this time. Speaking to Radio Programs, Raquel Loayza, Senamhi meteorologist said the humidity in our capital is over 90%, and that these will be […]
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The base installation insurgency in Kepashiato and Yuveni has aimed to town to spend Ivochote as drug Ucayali and Brazil. The columns headed by Martin narco Quispe Palomino, alias ‘Gabriel’, are exploring new routes for drug passes after installation counterinsurgency base in Kepashiato and Yuveni , in the jungle of the Convention , Cusco. In […]
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The Joint Command of the Armed Forces (CCFFAA) yesterday denied categorically that there has been a confrontation between the armed forces and a group of terrorists. According to information spread by media recently, these criminals allegedly tried to blow up a gas valve in the Camisea consortium Alto Laguna sector in Echarate district, province of […]
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Larepublica.pe reported half of adolescent boys consume illegal drugs Five out of ten teenagers variones consume any drugs, as indicated by studies by Devida, Cedar and other prevention associations. Among women, four out of ten and everyone iniciarion consume around 12 years. This type of behavior is initiated, usually after drinking alcohol at parties, at […]
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Larepublica.pe reported that the Dirandro found nearly 90 kilos of drugs in Chorrillos The product would be valued at $ 2 million in Spain. The Intelligence Group Address Anti Drug National Police (Dirandro) found more than 86 kilos of cocaine hidden in wooden furniture. After laboratory tests proved the high quality of the drug. The […]
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A new narco attack occurred near midnight on Friday against the aerodrome Kiteni village center, Echarate district, province Convention, Cusco region, located two miles from town. According to police information the terrorist attack occurred at 11:30 pm on Friday, when a narco-terrorist squad attacked the airfield Kiteni, pinning the only two private guards, guarding the […]
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Belgium provides financial support for demining programs in Ecuador and Peru Belgium signed on Wednesday an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide financial support for the program “Landmine Victim Assistance in Ecuador and Peru,” carried out by the OAS. The contribution will help to prolong both countries’ control over their demining […]
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Peru has recorded the highest number of Australian travellers for the period January to June, with an increase of 23 percent year-on-year compared to 2011. The rise in popularity can be attributed to “the accessibility with flights, promotion with the trade and many inspirational travel articles within the Australian media,” according to PromPeru coordinator for […]
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Increasing international demand for pisco, Peru flag drink, would lead to the end of 2012 is exported $ 4.2 billion, up 29 percent compared with 2011, the president of the Association of Exporters (Adex), Juan Varilias. He explained that until July was a drop in shipments of this distilled but are starting to pick up […]
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The Directorate General of Aeronautical Civil (DGAC) sent a serious warning to the authorities Lambayeque to start hunting vultures health, to avoid accidents military and commercial aircraft daily use José International Airport Quiñones of Chiclayo. In a document sent to Airports Company of Peru (ADP), dealer has Chiclayan control terminal, FAA says that if no […]
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The ruler of the Municipality of Chiclayo, Edwin Vasquez Sanchez, proposed the creation of a commission to evaluate a possible relocation of the airport Jose Abelardo Quinones and military base in Peru Air Force (FAP). Read Article
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travelupdate.com.pe reported the Minister of Transport and Communications, Carlos Paredes, reported today that the state will invest S /. 400 million in pre-investment studies for the rehabilitation of runways and aircraft platforms airports Arequipa, Chiclayo, Piura and Juliaca. He said “we all have an enormous responsibility to that extent we will reach and exceed the […]
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Police yesterday seized 1,400 sticks of dynamite, 150 blasting caps electric starter, 300 meters of fuse slow consumption and more than 100 kilograms of ANFO, after arresting three suspected terrorists moved to the dangerous material Kiteni town in the Convention , Cusco, sendedista controlled area ‘Gabriel’. Detainees are Luis Quispe Huaman (24), Roberto Paredes Chevarría […]
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The criminals use social networks and other websites in order to access their victims, police said. taggering. The National Police reported that so far this year, there have been 120 cases of child pornography in Peru. Hernan Daniel Alvarez, a member of the Research Division of High Tech Crime, held in Buenos day Peru that […]
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Police found a large amount of explosive material in stores Chungui the district municipality of the province of La Mar ( Ayacucho ). Reportedly, the explosive material consists of 4.928 units of dynamite, who were in 16 cases, and more than 20 kilos of explosive. Read Article
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National Police officers and representatives of the Attorney General intervened as two men suspected of trafficking when they were checked in their care to a child under 14 who carried out robberies and selling candy on a public street in the city of Cusco . They were identified as William Porras Lazo, the criminal exinterno […]
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noodls.com Reported………… The drug was bound for overseas (Lima) • The drugs were found in the establishment of a postal agency After conducting intelligence work against Illicit Trafficking (TID) of the police from the PNP Drug Directorate, found in three mailings, a total of 1 kilo 462 grams of cocaine alkaloid. The operation was performed […]
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Trome.pe reported that the illicit goods were hidden in plastic containers of coffee and tea in your luggage, in Arequipa. “Sharko”, a drug-sniffing dog, prevented Arispón Rafael de la Rosa (53) traveled to Antofagasta, Chile, from the airport to the city. The illicit mercaderúa was camouflaged in plastic containers of coffee and tea in your […]
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Trujilloperu.org reported after leaving a letter with dynamite, extortionists demanded a payment of 10,000 nuevos soles to a merchant family of Florencia de Mora district. The thugs threaten that if your order is not complied with, at the next opportunity will pop the explosive in the estate. Given this caveat, the family members extorted expect […]
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Sitiope.com reported the subject indicated that child pornography was sent overseas. Agents Division High Technology Research detained a man accused of being part of an international network of child pornography. The suspect, identified as Julio Vallejos Neim Milan, he underwent a few meters from the bus station in Lima Plaza Norte where, police said, had […]
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Diariocorreo.pe reported that a big scare away workers Maple Ethanol Company SRL, when two explosive devices found in uncultivated land, located just 500 meters from the headquarters of that entity. To place the coach arrived police bomb disposal expert, Paulini Eudelio Madrid, certifying that there were two mortar shells 81mm caliber, which you found in […]
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tuteve.tv reported that a traffic policewoman was verbally insulted and beaten by a driver after he refused to receive a ticket for talking on a cellphone while driving and not using his seat belt. However, not recognizing his infractions, the driver and his mother insulted the policewoman and the driver physically assaulted her and threw […]
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Body unidentified but found with U.S. passport tuteve.tv reported that yesterday morning he was found the body of a U.S. citizen inside his room at the hotel “Nirvana”, located in block 63 of the Paseo de la República, in the district of Miraflores. First News reported, averaging two in the morning, the man, whose identity […]
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Elcomercio.pe reported that a necropsy of law practiced today on the body of the girl who died last Saturday during a clash between army personnel and the police with terrorists remaining in Junin, showed that the fatal bullet entered the back of the child. Canal N reported this afternoon in Huancayo was a brief conference […]
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elcomercio.pe reported a Peruvian shaman confessed to burying the body of a young American of 18 years after he died in a session ritual consumption of a powerful hallucinogen from the jungle, police said Wednesday. José Manuel Pineda (58), who called himself Master Mancoluto and ran a retreat lodge in the city of Puerto Maldonado […]
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The Minister of Women, Ana Jara , today raised a sanction for trucking companies, or inland areas that have the passengers to minors unaccompanied by their parents. According considered, could be punished with six months’ suspension of its operating license. The official said the proposal is given in the framework of the campaign “More traffic, […]
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According to Peru21.pe, Refuah Revital, 22, was to go canoeing in the Apurimac River when the accident occurred. Prosecution of Anta, Cusco, investigating the incident. An Israeli tourist in Cusco died after falling from a boat boating Apurimac River, said the head of the Police Division of Anta , greater Guido Calderon Oros. Read Article
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Peru21.pe reported that it was not all joy. A Peruvian fan died last night at the National Stadium during the match between Peru and Venezuela.Armando Estrada Jorge Naranjo (23) suffered a heart attack in south grandstand full. He began to feel ill after celebrating the equalizer Peruvian, witnesses said. Read Article
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Peru21.pe reported that a tourist from the Ukraine claimed that she was held without will for over a month in a hostal in Piura, Peru. She claimed that she was raped and to perform manual labor. Makarehko Maryna (39), was able to escape and sought help. She had arrived in Piura in March, 2012, when […]
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Quino Yenny Palomino (33) kept the broken arm and facial injuries after his partner Walter Palomino Roque (49) the assaulted at her home in downtown Lima. The assailant was arrested and accused by the prosecution. A woman was left with a broken arm and multiple facial injuries after being assaulted by her partner, an agent […]
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The Economist – TWENTY years ago this month, police arrested Abimael Guzmán, the founder of the Shining Path, and Elena Iparraguirre, his partner. With that, the group’s violent insurgency soon came to an end. A truth commission reckoned that the Maoist guerrilla group, which engaged in terror, was responsible for a majority of the 70,000 […]
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EMOL.COM reported that a Peruvian cyber hacking group named “LulzSecPeru” which has hacked sites in other countries hacke Peru’s Ministry of Justice website. Their assault was announced over social media networks. LulzSecPeru placed their emblem on the main page of the Minister’s website that contained an insulting phrase against President. According to EMOL.COM the group […]
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U.S. Tourist Missing in Madre de Dios According to Peru21.pe, U.S. citizen Joseph Keith Nolan (sic) Kyle Joseph Nolan, age 18, is reported missing for twelve days in the region of Madre de Dios. His family has arrived in Peru requesting assistance from authorities. The tourist arrived on August 14, 2012, at Puerto Maldonado. He […]
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Infodefensa.com reported Peru’s Interior Minister, Wilfredo Pedraza said during a presentation to the Congressional Defense Committee that the tender for the purchase of equipment for riot National Police of Peru (PNP) is in the process of implementation and the first teams will be received in the month of February 2013. The ministry has placed special […]
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Unknown detonated a grenade pineapple house type Lieutenant Governor populated center under Pósope Alto, in the district of Pátapo ( Chiclayo ). The incident happened this morning, but no injuries serious damage to the house of Luz Castillo Marisela Jimenez. She sought assurances for his life and that the police investigate the case because, he […]
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Trome.pe reported that a driver posing as a taxi robbed two French tourists of their luggage, cameras, credit cards, and passports along with other personal items. Ludovic Ratajczak and Julie Resse had just arrived in Chiclayo, were going to go to dinner in the city center. The driver waited until both tourists were out of […]
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Trome.pe reported Huamanñahui Julia Muñoz (54) used filudo kitchen knife and attacked him in his sleep. A new “Lorena Bobbit.” Huamanñahui Julia Muñoz (54), dam insanely jealous, he cut off her lover’s penis after a heated argument at a hostel in the district of Brena. As reported by “Sunday, a day,” the woman accused Ramon […]
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Elcomercio.pe reported a crew member of a commercial airline was arrested at Lima’s Jorge Chavez airport after they had checked attached to his waist and ankles and Computers Intel Core iPod Touch generation, which are valued at 23 thousand 698 dollars. The nervousness showed concern and intervened when leaving the International, and he was invited […]
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The Peruvian Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, Ana Jara, expressed his disapproval of the action of a mother of 17 who took his young daughter to a local clandestine Lima to put a “piercing” in the eyebrow. The official said that an event like this can bring to women “up to six years in […]
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The Interior Minister Wilfredo Pedraza said that wage increases for members of the National Police will materialize soon and will be “considerable”. He said the scheme will be implemented wage increases progressively over a period of four years. “The increases will be a reality soon and will be significant and will be implemented in four […]
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LACKING ADEQUATE TREATMENT IN LIMA FACILITIES FOR TUBERCULOSIS Expreso.pe reported supervision to 43 health facilities in treatment failures lacking. Health at risk. The Ombudsman’s report presented the results of the monitoring to the Health Strategy for Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the facilities of the Ministry of Health in Lima, Callao and Ica, which […]
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Larepublica.pe reported the REALITY, With the completion of the amnesty, there were 2,500 orders for renewal of the 185,193 weapons that have already expired license. 268 pistols, revolvers, shotguns and rifles were delivered from May to DICSCAMEC. Experts say there are another 200 thousand to outlaw. We realized that in recent years there is increasing […]
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Five producers of coca leaf died and 13 others were injured today when confronted by a group of police in the Peruvian region of Huanuco, said the representative of the Ombudsman’s Office, Pier Paolo Ricardo March. Two of the dead were identified as Rider Roque Moreno and Juan Espinoza Loarte, but still working to determine […]
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Andina.com.pe reported two American tourist and a driver were killed in Peru when their vehicle left the road and fell 400 meters into an abyss.They were in route to the archaeological site of Huchuy Qosqo in Calca Cusco according to the National Police. The Division of the Cusco Highway Patrol said the accident, which occurred […]
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Rape, sexual abuse and similar figures that constitute as sexual offenses are the third leading cause of prison in the country and comprise 20% of inmates in a final judgment, according to the head of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE), José Luis Guadalupe Perez . Also explained that 35% of prisoners were sentenced to actual […]
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On Thursday of last week, the network of seismographs installed by the Geophysical Institute of Peru ( IGP ) in the cone of the Misti volcano , located 17 kilometers from the city of Arequipa , recorded the highest seismic activity in the five years of monitoring conducted in this range. The engineer Orlando Macedo […]
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Staff of the Ministry of Education was evacuated for bomb threat apparent Agents oversee local UDEX located in San Borja. Workers must stay outside for at least an hour, said a worker Ministerio de Educación View Ministry of Education. The workers have evacuated the building as a precaution. (Elcomercio.pe) Workers of the Ministry of Education […]
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Agents Moyobamba Police Station, spoke to a minor, carrying a cardboard box, inside which was a pineapple type grenade, which was sent on a transport company as instructed from Juanjui, in the name of Dante Vasquez Diaz, police are investigating the origin of the materiel. Dante Vasquez’s sister, was the one who informed the National […]
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Personal Protection police Moyobamba Highway, in coordination with the Attorney General, made operational in order to prevent and avoid the crime of human trafficking, raising awareness about the case, and common crime in the area. The biggest PNP Roger Bustamante Baca, who led the operation, said that the act helps identify subjects carrying Lima and […]
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Staff Highway Patrol Arequipa early Wednesday seized seven kilos of alkaloid cocaine that belong to citizens Brady Zapata Rojas (23), who apparently had hidden it in a turbine. The alleged ‘burrier’ traveling in a bus company Hermanos Flores covering the route Lima-Arequipa-Desaguadero. The drug was camouflaged within the hydraulic turbine casing that was opened with […]
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Elcomercio.per reported agents of the National Police seized at least 10,000 detonators to safety fuse. The intervention was performed at kilometer 853 of the Panamericana Sur, in the district of Yauca Arequipa. The material was found in two suitcases in the hold of the unit Cetur transport company. Read Article
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About the National Day of Older Persons , to be held tomorrow, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics ( INEI ) reported that there are currently 000 2’700 people over 60 years, which represents 9% of the total population. In terms of gender, by 2012, the population of women over 60 years amounts to […]
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The Amazon -recently declared one of the new seven natural wonders of the world, presents a serious threat: in Peru, have lost 15 million acres of forest from 2000 to 2010. This was revealed by a study done by deforestation Amazon Network Socioambiental Georeferenced Information (RAISG), which consists of 11 organizations from eight countries within […]
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Elmundo.es reported that the Environmental Protection Division of the Peru Police have seized 16,260 seahorses in Lima, where they were found by officers on the street, boxed. The shipment of animals was abandoned by smugglers when they realized that they had been discovered. The head of that division, Colonel Victor Fernandez said Thursday that apparently […]
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Archaeologists discovered on Tuesday, a watery grave in northern Peru they say belongs to an important noble of the Lambayeque culture, buried there on the 12th or 13th century AD. The tomb was discovered at the archaeological site of Chotuna-Chornancap about 8 miles west of the city of Chiclayo, in northern Peru. Read Article
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Colombian citizen Alba Nidia Rivera Solano was arrested after officials in Peru caught her attempting to leave the country with drugs. She had been carrying a laptop that was concealing the drugs, El Comercio reports. They had been packed into areas designated for the battery, hard drive, and in areas under the keyboard and behind […]
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Over the course of several operations, police in Peru were able to seize seven kilos of cocaine paste and 280 kilos of dried coca leaves. In the town of Tutumbaru, a total of seven kilos, 300 grams of cocaine paste were seized, Info Region reports. Alex Urquizo (22) was arrested in one operation, in which […]
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Rpp.com.pe reported cases of asthma in the city of Arequipa has increased in recent years due to environmental pollution registered, currently, as revealed, the director of Environmental Health at the Regional Health Management, Percy Madariaga. He said that cases increased by 25 percent, a fact that is worrying since 30 years ago, Birmingham was a […]
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A woman tried to enter the Lurigancho half a kilo of marijuana hidden in her vagina. The female was operated at the security post of the entrance door. Stopping Beatriz Aguirre Luzmila Salazar (41) was produced by averaging 10:05 am, when he tried to enter the prison to visit his girlfriend, who apparently is being […]
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Elojo.pe reported an earthquake shook Cusco, the earthquake of 4.0 degrees on the Richter scale that occurred yesterday at 14:19 hours in the city of Cusco. According to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), the epicenter of the quake was 16 kilometers north of the Imperial City and its hypocenter was 45 kilometers deep.Officials of […]
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Ojo.pe reporte…. Moments of panic and terror experienced by the passengers at least fifteen vehicles, being stripped of valuables and money by several armed criminals who had the audacity to close the road Fernando Belaunde Terry to match Tabalosos in Tarapoto route -Moyobamba, in the San Martin. Police said the assault occurred chain last Tuesday […]
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The female condom, implant and monthly injection was officially incorporated by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the products delivered free to the population of reproductive age. The launch of such contraceptive methods was carried yesterday in the International Day of Family Planning, by the Deputy Health Minister Jose del Carmen Sara, in the main […]
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elojo.pe reported concerning a major transportation strike in Lima….The truth is that the strike was felt in several parts of the capital and even the train did not supply power to move people, who struggled to travel. Similar picture was in the service of the Metropolitan. Many people complained about the arrest and was handing […]
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Minister of Defense was quoted by Tuesday 21, said parliamentary Luis Iberico. Chief of staff said that narco-terrorists are supported by residents of the area. Exposed to danger. The death of five young soldiers of the Army Mazángaro counterinsurgency base, located in the district of Pangoa, Satipo province, Junin, “reveals that there was a real […]
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Officials have determined that narco-trafficking clans operating in the north of Peru run universities and sports clubs. The Huancayo clan is especially suspicious and is believed to engage in money laundering for the Quispe Palomino clan. According to El Comercio, these organization attempt to traffick drugs to the north, where narco-sponsored universities and sports clubs […]
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Peru21.pe reported that Canatur is warning about bus travel on the road stretch between km 500 and 600 of the Panamericana Sur has become a danger to tourists going to the city of Arequipa , by the constant assaults on interprovincial buses. The National Chamber of Tourism ( Canatur ) indicated that the most affected […]
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Dr. Klaus Fritz Kuhn (73) would have slipped when taking pictures. His body was found along the beach of Brea Pozo in Caravelí. The body of a German tourist was found on the shores of the beach Brea Pozo, to the kilometer 745 of the Panamericana Sur highway in the province of Caraveli, Arequipa. Dr. […]
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The regional president of Loreto, Yván Vasquez Valera, reiterated its concern at noon due to the presence of coca crops and drug trafficking in your jurisdiction. As reported in your region there are 38 thousand hectares of coca planted on different fronts. For example, near the borders with Colombia and Brazil as well as in […]
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The Peruvian Army Patrol, along with anti-narcotics and terrorism police, located and destroyed a clandestine airstrip near the Palcazu River. The runway was found near Ciudad Constitucion, Diario Correo reports. It was 1,000 meters long and 50 meters wide. Trees and vegetation had been cut back to permit visibility. Officials presume the runway was used […]
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The Regional Tourist Protection of Puno (La Red Regional de Protección al Turista de Puno), just issued a ruling on the hostile atmosphere that is supporting the region as a result of stoppages that have deranged to Puno as an unsafe destination and attractive. Being of interest is transcribed below the tenor of the document: […]
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Alto Purus National Park and the Native Federation of Madre de Dios River and Tributaries (FENAMAD) in last July, made a special patrol to line 343 which is the boundary of the Reserve Territorial Mother of God, created in 2002 in favor of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact Vountario, in order to verify […]
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Evidence of indigenous people living in “voluntary isolation” in a remote part of the Amazon has been found where an Italian Catholic priest is campaigning for Peru’s government to build a highway. The discovery is controversial because the priest has questioned the existence of the isolated people, sometimes referred to as uncontacted, who live without […]
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Officials in Peru were able to detect and dismantle two drug laboratories located in the Monzon district. According to an Info Region reports, the clandestine laboratories were operated by the narco-traffickers known as “Pedro”, “Pillusco,” and “Jaime.” Two tons of coca leaves were neutralized during the operation. Gasoline, calcium oxide, kerosene, muriatic acid, and other […]
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After receiving intelligence that an important drug shipment would pass through the Navarrito Pampa sector of Talavera in the Andahuaylas, Apurímac province of Peru, officials located a station wagon carrying backpackers. According to Nuevo Ojo, the suspects began to fire at the police, who returned fire. The crossfire lasted 30 minutes. Three suspects were killed, […]
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Cronicaviva.com.pe Peru reported that group of Peruvian farmers of the border town of Quebrada Seca, Zarumilla, in the Tumbes region, reported that armed soldiers entered Ecuadorian territory to try to evict them. “Coincidentally, yesterday I dropped a patrol Ecuadorian armed toditos, saying he no longer works there because that (land) was Ecuadorian,” one resident of […]
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru denied that Ecuadorian soldiers have entered Peruvian territory in the province of Zarumilla (northeast), according to a statement released yesterday. “There has been no income at all Ecuadorian troops or troops into the country,” said the Peruvian Foreign Ministry in a brief message. The Peruvian authorities clarified that […]
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This is a new mode of transport of drugs discovered by the Highway Police Corcona area at the kilometer 48 of the Central Highway. In the hold of interprovincial buses, the company Junín, were two sacks of corn, of which 75 contained packages with the drug. The packages were shipped in the city of Huancayo […]
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