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As part of a broader crime wave in Peru that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, gangs have begun targeting private schools in poorer neighborhoods for extortion. We hear how administrators and ...

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In the South American nation of Peru, going to school can mean going up against gangsters. Criminals demanding extortion payments are threatening to blow up schools and kill their teachers.

OTIS: "If this keeps up," Ramirez says, "the country is going to end up in total ignorance." Extortion is part of a broader crime wave in Peru that gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Peru ...