U.S., Peru Launch Crime Crackdown Cooperation as Peru Joins 12-plus-Nation Shield of the Americas
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 10
U.S., Peru Launch Crime Crackdown Cooperation as Peru Joins 12-plus-Nation Shield of the Americas
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 10
Summary
Marco Rubio said the United States will work with Peru’s new government against organized crime after meeting newly elected President Keiko Fujimori, though he gave no operational details.
Peru also joined the Shield of the Americas, a Trump-backed coalition of more than a dozen Latin American countries aimed at coordinating action against cross-border criminal groups.
Rubio called the groups “transnational terrorist organizations” that ignore sovereign borders and said helping Peru also serves U.S. national interests.
Fujimori, who campaigned on ending a surge in crime, said Peru’s experience confronting terrorism made regional cooperation necessary as criminal violence spreads across borders.