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Washington (AFP) - A Dutchman jailed in Peru for murder was extradited to the United States Thursday to stand trial on charges related to the 2005 disappearance of an American woman in Aruba, the US Justice Department said. Joran van der Sloot, 35, is the prime suspect in the disappearance of 18-year-old US college student Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island. The Justice Department said Van der Sloot has been "temporarily surrendered" by Peru to the US authorities to face charges in the southern US state of Alabama related to Holloway's death. Van der Sloot has been serving a 28-year sent...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - US attorneys asked a California judge on Wednesday to revoke the bail of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo and prepare for his extradition to Peru, where he is wanted on corruption charges. "Now that... the Secretary (of State) has authorized Toledo's surrender, Toledo should be brought into custody so that the government may effectuate his surrender to Peruvian authorities," prosecutors said in their written request to the court. The request was filed in US District Court in San Francisco, and a hearing was set for March 9. Toledo, a 76-year-old with a doctorate f...
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Lima (AFP) - Peruvian prosecutors said Monday they are investigating whether security forces were to blame for the deaths of several protesters during anti-government demonstrations in December. Peru has been engulfed in relentless, sometimes violent protests following the removal from office of leftist President Pedro Castillo on December 7. According to the country's ombudsman, at least eight people, including a minor, died in the city of Ayacucho, some 560 kilometers (350 miles) southeast of Lima, in clashes with security forces on December 15. The prosecutor's office said Monday the invest...
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Juliaca (Peru) (AFP) - Demonstrators in Peru blocked roads and held mass funerals on Wednesday for those killed in violent anti-government protests that have gripped the country for weeks, as the United States called for "restraint" on both sides. The deadly clashes have spread to the tourist city of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, where one protester was killed Wednesday and more than 30 people, including 19 police officers, were wounded. In total, at least 41 people have died in more than a month of demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, who took ...
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Lima (AFP) - The world lost Pele, the "king" of football in 2022, but his name will live on in more than 700 Peruvian children born last year, according to a list published by Peru's National Registry of Identification and Civil Status. As per the list, 738 babies were registered with the names Pele, King Pele, Edson Arantes or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the full name of the three-time football world champion, by the close of 2022. The Brazilian star died on December 29 at the age of 82 and was mourned on Monday at the stadium of his long-time club Santos, where thousands of people arrived t...
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Bogota (AFP) - Peruvian Vladimir Florez was guarding the US consulate in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber blew up a truck outside the gates, killing eight Afghans and sparking a firefight that lasted hours. Like many Latin-American former soldiers, Florez feels bitter at the conditions he endured then and his treatment since. Others say they were used as "cannon fodder." It was September 13, 2013 when the then 32-year-old Florez was on duty at the US diplomatic complex in the northwestern city of Herat alongside Colombians and Salvadorans. He says he was hired to provide security -- not to fi...
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