21-03-2025
Peru lawmakers remove interior minister amid crime wave
LIMA, March 21 (Reuters) - Peruvian lawmakers voted on Friday to oust the country's interior minister, Juan Jose Santivanez, who has faced criticism amid a spike in crime in the South American country.
Santivanez was removed from his post for "his political responsibility and inability to address the wave of citizen insecurity the country has been facing," according to a post on the Peruvian Congress's official X account.
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