By Aimee Gabay An ongoing federal highway project that will cross through protected areas and Indigenous lands in Peru’s Amazon is facing mounting concerns by Indigenous leaders and legal experts.

Maldonado’s work in the Colombia-Peru-Brazil tri-border region of the Amazon has taken her into dangerous territories operated by drug traffickers, FARC paramilitaries, illegal loggers and poachers.

Authorities in Peru apprehended an unusual burglary suspect responsible for ransacking multiple homes -- an escaped pet monkey.

Representatives from forest and customs authorities, justice operators, and technology experts from Brazil and Peru defined joint actions aimed at strengthening the fight against illegal logging and ...