Peru declares state of emergency in capital over extortion killings

[Judi Lynn]

March 17 2025 10:22:47

LIMA



Peru announced a state of emergency late Sunday in the capital Lima over a wave of killings linked to extortion.


The move came after singer Paul Flores was shot dead by hitmen who attacked a bus he was riding with bandmates as they left a concert outside Lima.

The musicians had been threatened by a criminal gang who attempted to extort money from them, their representatives said.

"It has been ordered that in the coming hours, a state of emergency be decreed throughout the province of Lima and the Constitutional province of Callao," Gustavo Adrianzen, head of the ministerial cabinet, posted on X.

While extortion is a problem across Latin America, it has taken on alarming proportions in Peru - a phenomenon blamed partly on criminal gangs such as Venezuela's Tren de Aragua which operates in several Latin American countries.

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