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• Top US general: Venezuela not a threat

  July 31, 2012 6:47 PM

  LIMA, Peru (AP) - The Air Force general responsible for U.S. military operations in most of Latin America says he doesn't consider Venezuela to pose a national security threat to the United States. Gen. Douglas Fraser says he doesn't see President Hugo Chavez's ongoing arms purchases and deepening ties with... more »

• Missing police officer found alive in Peru

  April 30, 2012 12:40 AM

  LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvian authorities say a police officer has been found alive nearly three weeks after disappearing in an ambush by Shining Path rebels. Military spokesman Col. Alejandro Lujan says locals led police to Luis Astuquilca near the southeastern jungle town of Kiteni after a $3,700 bounty was... more »

• Extradition hearing set for Van der Sloot in Peru

  April 26, 2012 12:58 AM

  LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Peruvian judge has set a May 8 hearing to consider a U.S. request to extradite convicted killer Joran van der Sloot so he can be tried for extortion in connection with the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalie Holloway. Lima's Superior Court said in... more »

• Peru investigates deaths of hundreds of dolphins

  April 19, 2012 9:09 PM

  LIMA, Peru (AP) - Scientists and Peruvian officials are investigating a mass die-off of hundreds of dolphins along the South American country's coast. Officials have been studying possible factors in the dolphins' deaths including a virus or seismic oil exploration that is being carried out off northern Peru. Deputy Environment... more »

• Van der Sloot pleads guilty to Peru killing

  January 11, 2012 1:43 PM

  LIMA, Peru (AP) - Joran van der Sloot will be sentenced on Friday, after pleading guilty today to the murder in 2010 of a Peruvian woman he had met at a casino in Lima. The murder took place exactly five years, to the day, after the disappearance of American... more »

• Holloway family lawyer dismisses Van der Sloot claims

  September 7, 2010 10:08 AM

  The lawyer for the mother of an Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba has dismissed claims by the Dutchman suspected in the case that he extorted money from the parents to get back at them. Speaking on NBC's Today Show Tuesday, John Kelly, a lawyer for Natalee Holloway's mother... more »

• Police: Van der Sloot says he knows Holloway location

  June 11, 2010 8:18 AM

  The chief of Peru's criminal police says Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot has told police that he knows the location of the body of missing U.S. teen Natalie Holloway. Gen. Cesar Guardia tells The Associated Press that Van der Sloot "let slip that he knew the place... more »

• Police give Dutchman case to prosecutors

  June 10, 2010 8:13 AM

  Peru's criminal police chief says that Joran van der Sloot's confession in the murder of a 21-year-old woman was so complete that police decided there was no need to take him to the crime scene for a walkthrough. Gen. Cesar Guardia says the case against van der Sloot, who... more »

• FBI paid $15K in van der Sloot sting

  June 9, 2010 12:25 PM

  Two federal law enforcement officials say U.S. authorities paid Joran van der Sloot $15,000 in a sting operation and delayed arresting him because they were trying to help build a murder case against him in the 5-year-old unsolved slaying of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. During that delay, Van der... more »

• Natalee Holloway's uncle hopes case is reopened

  June 4, 2010 8:21 AM

  The uncle of a teen who disappeared in Aruba in 2005 says he hopes authorities there reopen the case now that the man linked to his niece's disappearance has been arrested in a killing in Peru and is facing extortion charges in Alabama. Speaking to NBC's "Today" show Friday,... more »

• Holloway suspect arrested in Peruvian killing

  June 3, 2010 3:16 PM

  Chilean police say they have detained a Dutch man who has long been suspected of killing American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba. This time Joran van der Sloot was being sought in the death of a woman in Peru, five years to the day after Holloway disappeared. Police say... more »

• Tourists rescued from Machu Picchu flooding

  January 27, 2010 5:48 PM

  A helicopter shuttled tourists between Peru's Machu Picchu Mayan Ruins and nearby towns. It's all part of an effort to evacuate 2,000 tourists stranded in the Andes. The tourists were trapped in a jungle town at the foot of Machu Picchu in eastern Peru. They became trapped after the... more »

• Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat

  November 20, 2009 11:00 AM

  Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. Three suspects confessed to killing five people, but the... more »