In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí has led raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide ...

On the outskirts of Lima, Peru, stands a prison facility like no other. Its latest inmate transferred last month is a former president, like all others who have been imprisoned in Barbadillo. Five ...

Peru has once again been shaken by a corruption scandal involving one of its former presidents. Alejandro Toledo, who led the country from 2001 to 2006, has been sentenced to prison for the second ...

LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to prison Wednesday for the second time in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Toledo received a sentence of ...

Peru's former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with ...

A high-security prison planned on El Frontón Island, off the coast of Lima, Peru, would interfere with the movement of threatened marine species, experts say. The project is part of a larger ...

Eleven years after the murders of four Indigenous leaders of the Alto Tamaya Saweto community, an appeals court ratified the sentences for four loggers. The judges upheld the initial sentence of 28 ...

Growing outrage over crime and political scandals eroded support for President Dina Boluarte, the country’s most unpopular ...