Peru's Fujimori vows military-led crackdown on crime after taking office

France 24 reports that Peru's newly inaugurated president, Fujimori, has pledged to deploy the armed forces to crime-ridden areas and adopt a hardline security strategy. The move comes as Peru grapples with its worst wave of gang violence, extortion, and illegal mining in decades—and Fujimori becomes the ninth president in just a decade.

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