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Weekly Report - 20 March 2025 (WR-25-11)
PERU: Lima under emergency measures amid crime fears
The growing visibility of organised crime in Peru has been the top declared priority of President Dina Boluarte’s government since September 2023. But, despite the repeated declaration of emergency security measures, brazen attacks by criminal gangs are becoming more common. The murder of singer Paul ‘Russo’ Flores, a member of the popular cumbia band Armonía 10, prompted Boluarte to decree another state of emergency in the capital Lima and the neighbouring port city of Callao. Seemingly perpetrated by extortionists, Flores’ murder appears to have marked the end of the road for Interior Minister Juan José Santiváñez, who is facing cross-party calls for his impeachment.
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