US EditionPeruvian schoolkids living in fear of extortion gangs
- Extortion gangs are terrorizing Peru, targeting fee-paying schools in recent months.
- These gangs are threatening to kill staff or parents if schools fail to pay them.
- Some schools suspended classes and moved online, while others face armed guards.
- A mother said she must teach her son to hide under his desk if he hears gunfire at school.
- The crisis underscores Peru's worsening security situation, despite a drop in reported racketeering.
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Gang extortions terrorize 500 schools in Peru and force classes to be suspended; government declares state of emergency
These schools have become targets of local and international gangs, who charge a fee so as not to kill staff and parents of students or destroy the facilities At the entrance to the San Vicente school, north of Lima, in Peru, instead of teachers, military and police officers with rifles guarding the gates. The term began more than a month ago, but only now are parents able to take their children to this school, which was attacked with explosives…
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