The bus was carrying more than 60 people At least 18 people have died after a bus plunged 160ft down a ravine in Peru with a rescue mission being mounted. The double-decker bus was travelling on a route from Peru’s capital Lima to a region of the Amazon rainforest. Authorities said that the bus lost […]

8 months ago

His distraught father was watching from the stands Tributes have flooded in for a 21-year-old Peruvian footballer who has died following a horror collision in a Peruvian Cup match. Helar Gonzales Altamirano was stretchered off the pitch to a waiting ambulance after being left unconscious following a collision with the rival team’s goalkeeper as they […]

1 year ago

There are fears logging companies are driving the tribe out of the rainforest Dozens of indigenous people from what is believed to be the biggest uncontacted tribe in the world have been spotted on the banks of a river in Peru. Images and footage published by the indigenous rights organisation Survival International show dozens of […]

1 year ago

It’s the second mummified body to be discovered in the area recently. The preserved body of a man has been found 22 years after he vanished on a snowy peak in Peru. American mountaineer William Stampfl was reported missing in June 2002 while he was part of a climbing party scaling the Huascaran mountain in […]

1 year ago

A man has been arrested on charges of human organs trafficking A woman whose dismembered body washed up in Peru flew to the country to meet a man she met online and may have been killed for her organs, authorities have revealed. Blanca Arellano, from Mexico, met a Peruvian man on a gaming app and […]

3 years ago

‘Selfie of the year. Glad they are okay’ A couple has taken a selfie that almost no one will ever get the chance to – after surviving a plane crash. Last Friday, at Jorge Chávez International airport in Lima, Peru, a firetruck crashed into a plane as it was taking off around 3.30pm local time. […]

3 years ago