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Defense lawyers argued in a Virginia courtroom that Sebastián Marset "studiously avoided" the United States, asking a federal judge to dismiss narco-terrorism and money laundering charges on the grounds that his alleged criminal empire operated entirely outside American borders.

Russia tricks and coerces foreign nationals into fighting on Moscow’s side in the war against Ukraine, exploiting their dire economic situations and precarious migration status.

Jhonsson Smit Cruz Torres, alias “Jhonsson Pulpo,” the alleged leader of the Peruvian criminal group the Pulpos, was arrested in Bolivia on September 1.

Thirteen people were killed in a plane crash during a sightseeing flight over Peru’s famous Nazca Lines.

As reported by The bureau investigates, back in March, we told you about some early impact from our investigation into bad cancer drugs that had been imported by Peru.

After a period of relative silence, reports are again surfacing tying Dmytro Rukin to suspicious financial operations.

Peru’s Congress voted to remove interim President José Jeri after prosecutors opened a corruption probe into undisclosed meetings with Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang.

At least one person has died and around 40 others were left injured after two trains collided near Machu Picchu.

At least 900 tourists have been left stranded near Peru’s ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after their passenger train was suspended due to a protest, the country’s tourism minister said.

Two former presidents in Peru are facing disparate outcomes in the corruption cases they face.

A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to a second prison term for money laundering and corruption linked to bribes he received from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.

The judiciary announced on X that former President Martín Vizcarra was transferred to prison on Wednesday after an investigative court ordered five months of pretrial detention due to bribery allegations.

The remains of a teenage TikTok star were discovered dismembered and placed in bags at a water treatment facility.

This is the moment survivors were pulled out of the rubble after a roof collapse at a shopping centre that killed four people.

A man who disappeared 22 years ago while he was out hiking on a mountain has been found dead.

The US food giant that makes snacks such as Cheetos and Doritos - PepsiCo - has had as a supplier Ocho Sur, a company with activities in Peru linked to forest loss in the Amazon and indigenous land disputes in the Ucayali region.

Peruvian prosecutors raided the home of President Dina Boluarte late on Friday as part of inquiries into possible illicit enrichment and failure to declare ownership of luxury watches.

Documentary makers Serena DC and Michael Mazzola are looking to prove naysayers wrong by doing 'live testing' and showing brand new images of the creatures in front of a Hollywood audience

Dramatic footage shows the moment that a massive rockfall wipes a lorry out on a mountain pass in Peru, before more boulders fall and also hit a second unlucky vehicle

Thousands of cases of dengue fever - a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes - have been reported in Peru, the country's health ministry has said, with 32 deaths recorded

Presenter Helen Skelton has opened up about her work taking her to various places across the globe and throwing herself in at the deep end but one moment will stay with her

Adult actress Thaina Fields' body was discovered in her home in Peru as tributes were paid to the 24-year-old following her death last weekend

Machu Picchu is one of the world's great wonders, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the home of around 30 llamas, as well as some truly incredible views of the Andes

Talia, a 15-year-old girl and member of the Haikito indigenous group, says she was attacked by a group of towering creatures who put an unknown substance on her face and eyes