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Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.
Peruvian officials said Tuesday that an air force officer has confessed to passing national security secrets to Chile, where President Michelle Bachelet denied the espionage allegations, calling them offensive.
Peruvian President Alan Garcia accused Chile of assaulting Peru's sovereignty, throwing his weight behind allegations that Chile paid a Peruvian military officer to spy.
"They call me the hardware store," says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru. Doctors in the city of Cajamarca said they removed 1.5 pounds of metal from Abanto's stomach, including nails, coins, and rusted copper wire and scrap metal.
Peru's defense minister says Shining Path rebels attacked a military outpost in the country's coca-producing highlands, killing one soldier and wounding three.
A Depeche Mode representative is disputing reports that the British pop band's lead singer inadvertently sent a shout-out to the wrong country at a concert in Peru.
The manager of a traveling exhibition of human cadavers says a lung stolen from the show has been returned.
A unit of trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. has reached a new three-year service agreement with Minera Chinalco Peru S.A., the company said Thursday.
The Chilean air force said Tuesday it has invited its Peruvian counterpart to send observers to military maneuvers that Peru has interpreted as threatening and wants canceled.
A court imposed a six-year prison sentence Wednesday on disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who already faced the prospect of spending the rest of his life in a cell after three previous convictions. He also was fined $9 million for authorizing wiretaps and bribes.
Peru's congress has granted the financially troubled U.S.-owned Doe Run Peru smelter a two-and-a-half year extension to reduce toxic emissions, allowing the company to miss a second deadline to clean up the Andean town of La Oroya.
A Venezuelan opposition figure sought political asylum in Peru on Thursday to evade charges that he incited violence in an August protest against a controversial education law, his lawyer said.
A Peruvian court has sentenced the brother of opposition leader Ollanta Humala to 25 years in prison for a 2005 failed takeover of a police station that left four officers dead.
Peru's justice minister says the government will ask a public prosecutor to file "apology for terrorism" charges against the lawyer for imprisoned Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman.
The jailed founder of Peru's fanatical Shining Path insurgency is publishing a book that includes manuscripts about his defense strategy during his terrorism retrial, correspondence with his longtime lover and details of his childhood, his lawyer said Friday.
The U.S. has returned more than $750,000 to Peru in funds confiscated from the accounts of an ex-Peruvian general convicted of embezzlement and other crimes.
Drug-funded Shining Path rebels shot down an air force helicopter in Peru's coca-growing highlands, killing three troops and wounding five, Peru's joint command said Thursday.
Victims of the worst military massacre during Peru's war with Maoist rebels were laid to rest Saturday, a quarter century after the slaughter in this remote Andean village.
Peruvian police expecting to find a shipment of cocaine hidden in a crate holding two live turkeys were surprised to discover the drug surgically implanted inside the birds.
Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least 23 police and 10 Indians dead.
A former ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Peru seeking political asylum to avoid corruption charges at home that he contends are politically motivated, his lawyer said Friday.
A beauty pageant has set off a beastly battle between Peru and Bolivia, which both claim ownership of the Andean "Devil's Dance."
Peruvian police say gunmen robbed 12 foreigners on an ecological tourism trip to the Manu nature reserve on a popular forest route.
Residents of a city destroyed by an earthquake in southern Peru two years ago protested Saturday over the slow pace of reconstruction, and police fired tear gas after the demonstrators blocked an important bridge.
Farmers freed 13 police officers and four civilians seized at a hydroelectric dam in Peru's Andean region after local officials agreed Saturday to provide them with fertilizer.
Arrests made in ring that sold human fat, Peru saysPeruvian authorities say they have arrested four members of a gang that specialized in selling fat obtained from dead humans.
Gang 'killed victims to extract their fat'Peruvian police have arrested a gang which allegedly killed scores of peasants, drained their bodies of fat and sold the liquid abroad as an anti-wrinkle cosmetic.
Peru and Chile in 'spy' scandalA new diplomatic row has erupted between Peru and Chile after a Peruvian court ordered the arrest of two Chilean military officers over alleged spying. The court accused the officers of paying a Peruvian air force officer to reveal national secrets.
Kilo of metal found in man's stomachDoctors in northern Peru have removed almost a kilogram of nails, coins and scrap metal from a man's stomach.
German 'fog catcher' brings water to Peru slums Many of Peru's grittiest slums can only dream of access to water. But thanks to a German NGO, simple technology and hard work, some humble homes are the first to use plastic netting to harvest water from the fog cloaking the night sky, writes AFP's Luis Jaime Cisneros.
Archaeologists find mummy of young priestess from 300-450 AD in PeruAn archaeological excavation has uncovered the mummy of a young priestess, a member of the elite, with several precious items dating from the period of 300-450 AD in Cahuachi, Peru.
Civilization Collapsed After Cutting Key TreesThe Nazca caused their own collapse when they cleared their forests in order to make way for agriculture, thus exposing the landscape to wind and flood erosion, according to a study published in the journal Latin American Antiquity.
Deforestation the Death of Nazca CivilizationThe mystery of the disappearance of the vanished Nazca people, the same ones who are known for the many fanciful designs etched into the desert plateau, may have been solved. Scientists found pollen from a vanished nitrogen-fixing tree, the huarango.
Logging 'caused Nazca collapse' The ancient Nazca people of Peru are famous for the lines they drew in the desert depicting strange animal forms. A further mystery is what happened to this once great civilization, which suddenly vanished 1,500 years ago.
Ancient Peruvian Nazca turned land to deserthe ancient Nazca civilisation of Peru, made famous by the giant geoglyphs it left etched in the soil, partly triggered its own downfall by chopping down forests and creating a desert, according to researchers.
Lady of Pacopampa: A woman born to ruleHe is certain that the girl born 3000 years ago was destined from birth to be the leader of their society, something that did indeed happen when she reached adulthood.
Latin American Drug Cartels Penetrate West AfricaLatin American drug cartels have crossed the Atlantic Ocean seeking to expand their share of the drug market into West Africa.
Peru's former president pleads guilty to corruption chargesFormer Peru President Alberto Fujimori pleaded guilty Monday in Lima at the start of his trial on charges that he authorized wiretaps and bribes of politicians, journalists and businessmen.
U.S. officials troubled by fake currency flowing from Peru Over the last year, authorities and banks have recovered at least $7.8 million in fake notes across the United States that they believe were manufactured in Peru, according to Secret Service statistics. Reporting from Washington - A flood of high-quality counterfeit U.S.
Songbirds sing cross-species duetTwo different Amazonian bird species sing the same song, say scientists.
Female sacrifice find in PeruA joint Japanese-Peruvian archaeological mission has uncovered the remains of a pre-Incan woman sacrificed more than 2,000 years ago.
Families bury dead from military massacre in Peru - Yahoo! NewsPUTIS, Peru – Victims of the worst military massacre during Peru's war with Maoist rebels were laid to rest Saturday, a quarter century after the slaughter in this remote Andean village. The burials culminated a two-day funeral procession through the southeastern state of Ayac …
More Miss Universe Costume Drama - StyleList Fashion BlogNow it seems Miss Universe Peru, 25-year-old Karen Schwarz, has a controversy-laden outfit that has neighboring country Bolivia up in arms.
Japan To Help Introduce Digital Broadcasting To Peru Japan and Peru have agreed to study how Japan can help Peru introduce terrestrial digital broadcasting by using a Japanese format.
Dissection dean issues dognapping denialAt least two stolen dogs were found in an operating room used for dissections at the medical school of South America's oldest university but its dean has denied hiring dognappers to collect specimens for classes.
Why we say yes to drugsResistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America"
The Associated Press: Journalists briefly detained by troops in Honduras"At least 10 soldiers, most with rifles drawn, arrived at the hotel where journalists from The Associated Press and the [state sponsored] Venezuela-based television network Telesur were staying and unplugged their editing equipment in an apparent attempt to stop their coverage …
Fujimori sentenced to 7.5 years for corruptionFormer President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, attends his trial in a court of Lima, Peru, on 20 July 2009. Fujimori was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on corruption charges.
Peru's Pregnant Women Dying at Scandalous RatesThe Peruvian government states that the mortality rate for pregnant women is 185 per 100,000, but the U.N. states the figure is closer to 240. This makes it among the highest rates of maternal mortaility in the Americas.
US Drug War Money Funded Peru Indigenous MassacreOn June 5, the Peruvian National Police (PNP) massacred up to fifty unarmed Awajún and Wampi indigenous people in Bagua who had blockaded roads in protest of land reforms related to a recently implemented US-Peru free trade agreement.
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