Peru is one of the countries with an overcrowding of nationwide prisons, a fact that aggravates the overcrowding of prisoners, who have to seek meet their basic needs in the midst of this environment.

Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen who gained international infamy for admitting to the long-unsolved 2005 murder of 18-year-old American Natalee Holloway, was injured last week during a brawl ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was taken from prison to a hospital on Thursday, three days after ...

Former Peruvian strongman Vladimiro Montesinos was sentenced to 19 years in prison Wednesday for his involvement in a 1992 massacre under then-President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) who has been ...

Peruvian officials announced Monday that a military ... Certainly, she's still going to be in prison, that we know. We don't know any time schedule. "We don't even know for certain if the civilian ...

The Trump administration has invoked a 227-year-old law, the Alien Enemies Act, to target Tren de Aragua, a gang with its roots in the prisons of Venezuela. Who are they and how wide is their reach?

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was taken from prison to a hospital on Thursday, three days after he began a hunger strike in protest of his ongoing rebellion trial.

Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo ...