They’ve been linked to drug traffickers. They’ve run a ‘death squad.’ Can Peru’s police be reformed?

LIMA, Peru — When news broke that a “death squad” within the Peruvian police had been murdering suspected criminals, there was outrage over the violation of human rights. But arguably even more damaging for a force widely viewed by the public as inept and corrupt — including collusion in cocaine trafficking — was the realization that some […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/23/theyve-been-linked-to-drug-traffickers-theyve-run-a-death-squad-can-perus-police-be-reformed/