"On the night of September 17, 2026, Kenny Yucra, journalist and director of the digital news outlet La Lupa, received death threats in the southern Ica region. Via WhatsApp messages from an unknown number, the reporter received two videos showing a firearm simulated to shoot at him. The messages also explicitly referenced his home address […]
"On Sept. 10, 2026, digital news outlet La Noticia Clave was attacked by unknown assailants who opened fire on its offices. Journalist and outlet director Johnny Namuche reported the attack. It took place in Lambayeque province in northern Peru. Namuche said that minutes before the attack, he and his team had finished broadcasting their nightly […]
"Google and Futura Lab present the Futura Media Program, a new training and support program for media outlets seeking to incorporate artificial intelligence into their workflows. Starting Sept. 3, 12 media outlets will address concrete challenges within their own newsrooms. The program will feature training sessions, collaborative spaces, and personalized mentorship to help teams identify […]
The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP) warned about a bill that seeks to criminalize so-called “aggravated glorification of crime” during periods of political crisis and/or social conflict. According to the ANP, the proposal “seriously” would affect freedom of expression, the right to information and journalism. In five points, the ANP outlines the problems […]
“Supreme Deputy Prosecutor Edward Casaverde has accused journalist Gustavo Gorriti, director of IDL-Reporteros, of committing the crime of specific active bribery. According to a report Casaverde submitted to Attorney General Tomás Gálvez, Gorriti allegedly used his ties to prosecutors Rafael Vela and José Domingo Pérez to steer the Cocteles Case, an investigation in which President-elect […]
"On July 10, 2026, journalist Kevin Rodríguez, director of the digital news outlet Otorongo News and producer of the radio newscast La Voz de la Selva, reported receiving a death threat at his home in the Anita Cabrera neighborhood of Iquitos, in the Loreto region of northeastern Peru. During the early morning hours, Rodríguez found […]
"On June 12, 2026, [Peru's] Congress approved the report of an investigative commission regarding the effective collaboration agreement signed in 2019 between the Peruvian State and the Brazilian company Odebrecht, which had confessed to paying bribes to secure public works contracts. The report recommends that the Public Prosecutor's Office initiate criminal proceedings against journalist Gustavo […]
"On June 14, 2026, crime reporter Ceymor Rengifo, from the outlet La Voz Ucayalina, was stopped by members of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) while conducting a live broadcast outside the Criminal Investigation Division (Divincri) in Ucayali. Footage circulated on social media shows PNP Lieutenant Luis Miguel Pacheco Pilco—dressed in plainclothes—asking for Rengifo’s identification document, […]
"Peruvian journalist Geraldine Santos is only 30 years old, and she is already preparing for her funeral. Santos says she has received so many threats while reporting on cocaine trafficking and environmental crimes in the Amazon jungle that she has arranged for her family to contact a government source who, in case Santos is murdered, […]
"Journalist Harold Portella Llanos reported receiving death threats against himself and his family after publicly denouncing a police officer for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and robbery of a citizen in the province of Casma, in the Áncash region [of Peru]. [...] 'I announced on my program that I intended to publicly denounce an […]
Ten data-driven journalism projects from around the world won the 2026 Sigma Awards, hosted by the Global Investigative Journalism Network. They were recognized as the best in data journalism out of 543 entries from 84 countries, as reported by GIJN. Winners from Latin America included Peruvian outlet Salud con Lupa for "Invisibles: How System Failures […]
“Journalists Analí Andrade Pareja, of Fuerza Informativa Apurímac, and Edwin Ramírez Delgado, of the Portada.pe website, are facing legal proceedings after Judge Wilmar de la Cruz Gutiérrez filed a constitutional injunction. The judge intends to force the journalists to remove several publications that reported on serious allegations against him for alleged influence peddling and abuse […]