Machu Picchu train company fined under monopoly law

The Trans-Andean Railway Company, responsible for rail transport to Machu Picchu, has been fined over $185,000 for operating an illegal monopoly. The company has also been ordered to cease its practice of refusing to sublet trains and other equipment that it rents from the state.
According to its contract, it is obliged to rent these units [...]

Machu Picchu entrance fee may rise to $100

 
Peruvian tourism minister Mercedes Araoz today discussed the measures that may be put into place to preserve Machu Picchu, including further entry controls and the construction of a cable car system, in association with UNESCO and the World Tourism Organization.
“We have to administer the entry system and the administration of tours, as well as [...]

Amnesty International: Fujimori cannot be trusted

Peru’s Amnesty International Director Ismael Vega has said that it is hard to believe that fugitive ex-President Alberto Fujimori will abide by the decision of the Chilean courts if they rule in favor of his extradition to Peru, given his track record of dishonesty.
“You cannot believe Fujimori. He can say that he will respect the [...]

Fujimori “will accept” extradition ruling

Peruvian ex-president Alberto Fujimori, who is confined to Chile awaiting extradition procedures for corruption and crimes against humanity he is alleged to have committed while in office, today stated that “without doubt” he will accept the court’s judgment, whatever it may be.
“Of course I will accept it, without doubt… but I cannot get ahead of [...]

Christie’s to auction “grave robbed” artefacts

A Loma Negra nose ornament from around the year 0AD, valued at $25,000-30,000 
The Peru Explorer magazine has today leveled accusations that an auction at Christie’s in New York on May 23rd will sell off illegally trafficked Peruvian national treasures. The 35 archaeological pieces come from a number of locations around the country, including Lambayeque, Ancash, and [...]

Four corrupt police officers caught

Four Lima police officers have been detained by internal affairs agents in Huaral on suspicion of involvement with two suspected drug traffickers.
The officers were driving near Huaral, seemingly attempting to flee towards Lima. On finding themselves surrounded they attempted to bribe the arresting officers. They were found to be in possession of 5,000 soles in [...]

Pharmacies closed down for theft of public property

Six pharmacies that operated near the state-run Arzobispo Loayza hospital were raided in a surprise operation that ended in the permanent closure of three of them. One operated secretly as it lacked official authorization, while the other two were licensed pharmacies located next door to each other.
Large quantities of controlled medicines were found, bearing Health [...]

Ethics Commission investigation into party congressmen over

At the end of the session of the Congressional Ethics Commission, the work group’s president Luis Galarreta said that investigations into the actions of two congressmen, accused of misbehavior on an official trip to Brazil, were basically over.
Galarreta said that he considered the questions clear and said that the termination of proceedings was not due [...]

Fujimori to face further questioning in Chile

 
The anti-corruption state prosecutors of Peru have sent three requests to the supreme court of Chile, requesting that they question ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori is currently forbidden from leaving Chile as proceedings continue for his extradition to Peru, to face charges related to ten counts of corruption and two of human rights abuses that he [...]

Congressman’s brother levels allegations

 
“My brother is sick. He talks and extorts, asking for money,” replied congressman José Macedo Sánchez (51), faced with serious allegations made by his elder brother Manuel (53). Manuel Mancedo accuses his brother tried to have him killed in 1990, in an attack that left him with five bullet wounds puncturing his liver, intestines and kidney. 
In [...]