Lima, Sept 3, 2025 (AFP) - Peru to build prison for dangerous inmates on former penal colony

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2025-09-04

Peru, battling a wave of violent crime, said Wednesday it would build a prison for its most dangerous offenders on an island facing the capital Lima. It would be erected on the same spot where a previous prison was left in ruins after troops killed 133 inmates in putting down a mutiny four decades ago. Soldiers were called in to quell unrest by inmates belonging to the Maoist Shining Path rebel group at the former El Fronton prison located off th......

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