LIMA, Peru(AP) — A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes while serving as governor of a southern state.

A collage-based artistic creation workshop revealed how a group of incarcerated women counter the dynamics and effects of imprisonment through individual reflection, creative practice, and the ...

LIMA, Peru — In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí on Saturday led a series of raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide, the presidency said, a day after the ouster ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch citizen who has admitted to killing American tourist Natalee Holloway in 2005, appears to have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former President Martin Vizcarra arrives for a sentence hearing in Lima, Peru, on November 26 [Martin Mejia/AP Photo] A Peruvian ...

LIMA — Santos Arce Ramos is doing 18 years for aggravated robbery, but today he is carefully cutting organic cotton cloth in a workshop at San Pedro, a notorious prison in Peru’s capital Lima. With ...

Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch citizen who has admitted to killing American tourist Natalee Holloway in 2005, appears to have attempted to end his own life in a Peruvian prison. The 38-year-old ...