LIMA, Peru — At a Roman Catholic elementary school on the ramshackle outskirts of Lima, students are rambunctious and seemingly carefree. By contrast, school administrators are stressing out. One ...

Bus drivers in Peru's capital Lima went on a strike Thursday to protest a wave of robberies and extortions by criminal gangs.

Peruvian police on Tuesday captured a gang of Venezuelan and Colombian extortionists accused of using Nazi symbols to intimidate their victims - Copyright AFP TOMAS ...

The president of one of Lima's largest parent-teacher associations says at least 1,000 schools in the Peruvian capital are being extorted and that... In Peru, criminal gangs are targeting schools in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bus drivers in Peru's capital Lima went on a strike Thursday to protest a wave of robberies and extortions by criminal gangs.