Results for Tag: Peru
At least 26 dead in bus accident in Peru
At least 26 people died Wednesday in a road accident in the northern Peruvian province of Lambayeque, when a bus fell more than 100 metres down a ravine, rescue teams said. Rescue teams were still working at the site of the crash and the
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Mudslide buries 25 homes in Peru, 30 feared dead
Peru's civil defence says a mudslide has buried 25 homes in two towns in the northern highlands. As many as 30 people are missing. Civil Defence special operations coordinator Walter Tapia says the mudslide hit the La Libertad province
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Peru ex-president gets 25 year jail for organised killings
LIMA (AFP) - Peruvian former president Alberto Fujimori, 70, was Tuesday convicted by a court here of “crimes against humanity” for killings carried out by an army death squad during his 1990-2000 rule, and sentenced to 25 years in
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