Peruvian authorities say they have arrested four members of a gang that specialized in selling to European labs fat obtained from dead humans.

LIMA (Peru) — Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.

LIMA (Dow Jones)--Peru's main stock market indexes ended another day of mixed trading Friday as metal prices continued to move in different directions.

Officials are investigating the disappearance of at least 60 people who may have been killed by gang members in two mountainous states in central Peru, the nation's attorney general said in a release ...

A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, the police said Thursday.

LIMA - Police in Peru infiltrated and cracked a gang that was kidnapping locals, killing them and draining their fat for use in the beauty industry. The gang has reportedly been active for 30 years in the remote areas of the Andes.

O Peru está em estado de choque com os contornos de uma chacina alegadamente cometida por um grupo de criminosos ao longo de uma década. A…

For the first time since 2001, Peru is playing postseason football after Round 1. In that season, Peru beat Maconaquah in the sectional opener before falling at Frankfort.

Police in Peru arrest members of a gang accused of killing dozens of people to sell their fat for use in cosmetics.

Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen urged politicians and world leaders to commit to real changes at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, as she launched a photo exhibition in London documenting climate change in Peru.

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On Oct. 17 a group of 12 CarePartners Nurses, including Denise Gilchrist and Karen Blackwell of CarePartners of Huron Perth (Belgrave), returned from Peru in South America where they were on a medical aid trip with the Stratford Rotary Club.

LIMA -(Dow Jones)- Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said that Peru is working to advance trade pacts with both South Korea and Japan.

For the first time since 2001, Peru is playing postseason football after Round 1. In that season, Peru beat Maconaquah in the sectional opener before falling at Frankfort.

Police in Peru have seized about 350 kilograms of cocaine in the mountains to the northeast of Lima, being transported by mules, the Radio programas del Peru radio station reported.

No. 1-seeded Bellevue University will host No. 4 Peru State on Friday at 8 p.m. in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament semifinals. In the other semifinal on the Bruins’ home court at the Lozier Center,...

Peru mayor Jim Walker says fire territories have been a benefit for the nearby city.

Thailand will sign a second additional protocol to speed up liberalising trade with Peru, said Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, director-general of the Trade Negotiation Department.

Thailand and Peru next year will boost trade significantly after inking their free-trade agreement during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit this Friday. The pact will serve as a gateway for Thailand to penetrate Latin America, while Thailand will be a gateway for Peru's exports to Asean.

LIMA -(Dow Jones)- President Alan Garcia, in Japan on a state visit, said he will push for Peru and Japan to sign a free-trade pact. Garcia's office said in a statement on Tuesday that Garcia had met with Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo.