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Peru enacts law restricting prosecution of crimes against humanity, favoring former leader Fujimori
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's government on Friday enacted a law that prevents the prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that favors former President Alberto Fujimori as well as hundreds of military personnel investigated or prosecuted for massacres and murders...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
July 26 - Aug. 1, 2024 President Nicolás Maduro came under pressure to release vote tallies from Venezuela’s presidential election, after opposition leaders disputed his claim of victory. Human remains were excavated at a Uruguayan military base. Bolivian bus...
Former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori plans to run for presidency in 2026, daughter says
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former President Alberto Fujimori, who was pardoned in December from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people, plans to run for Peru's presidency for the fourth time in 2026, his eldest daughter said Sunday. “My father and I...
Mexico's most dangerous city for police suffers simultaneous attacks that kill 2 more officers
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two police officers were shot to death in the embattled Mexican city of Celaya amid a wave of targeted attacks that authorities said Thursday were likely carried out by a drug cartel. A total of 18 Celaya police officers have been shot to death so far this year,...
Peru's Congress approves statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Congress on Thursday passed a law establishing a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that human rights organizations have warned could encourage impunity and thwart investigations into serious abuses. It...
Former Peruvian soldiers get prison in rapes of teenagers during country's armed conflict
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Ten men were convicted Wednesday in Peru for raping nine teenagers while serving in the military during the country’s armed conflict decades ago. Judge Marco Angulo, of Peru’s First Superior Criminal Court, ordered the former soldiers to serve time in prison,...
