Peru, in South America, is generally stable but faces widespread social unrest and frequent protests. Organized crime, illegal mining, and drug trafficking have led to rising violent crime, extortion, and periodic states of emergency in key regions. https://uzax.com/pe/ en editor@uzax.com (Editor) https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://uzax.com/pe/ Peru, in South America, is generally stable but faces widespread social unrest and frequent protests. Organized crime, illegal mining, and drug trafficking have led to rising violent crime, extortion, and periodic states of emergency in key regions. https://uzax.com/flag/pe.png https://uzax.com/pe/6vngw https://uzax.com/pe/6vngw A 60-year-old public transport driver was fatally shot on the morning of Friday, October 2, 2026, while stopped to pick up passengers at the intersection of Avenida Dos de Mayo and Jirón Miro Quesada in Callao, Peru Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:33:55 +0000 Peru https://uzax.com/pe/w37xl https://uzax.com/pe/w37xl A 42-year-old man was assassinated in broad daylight on Saturday when two gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the southern zone of Callao, firing more than 20 rounds in a targeted attack Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:31:49 +0000 Peru https://uzax.com/pe/675qw https://uzax.com/pe/675qw A retired police officer identified as Jhoel Anderson Zamora Peña was gunned down by a hitman outside his home in the third stage of the Pachacámac urbanization in Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:22:12 +0000 Peru https://uzax.com/pe/692pl https://uzax.com/pe/692pl Peru’s Public Ministry announced Sunday that prosecutors have taken over the investigation into the fatal armed attack on journalist and regional gubernatorial candidate Susy Ysabel Aponte Polo and reclassified the crime as presumed sicariato (contract killing) Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:22:48 +0000 Peru https://uzax.com/pe/w3vzl https://uzax.com/pe/w3vzl Two brothers who worked as motorcycle taxi drivers were fatally shot outside a market in the San Martín de Porres district of Lima in a brazen daytime attack captured on security cameras Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:25:20 +0000 Peru https://uzax.com/pe/6702l https://uzax.com/pe/6702l Homero Valdemar Armas Villalobos, 35, was shot dead in the early hours of Monday in the California residential area of Trujillo, La Libertad region, Peru Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:09:34 +0000 Peru