Chilling video shows Jossimar Cabrera dragging his wife's body wrapped in curtains, officials said. Sheylla Cabrera's body was later found in the Angeles National Forest while her husband fled to Peru with their three children.

LIMA, Peru -- An explosion on a street in a northern Peruvian region plagued by organized crime injured at least 10 people and damaged 25 homes, authorities said Friday.

Powerhouse fruit producer Peru is paving the way to open new markets for its exports in Asia, hoping the continent can soon displace the US as the top buyer of one of its key agricultural products.

Both nations claim Santa Rosa de Yavarí, a tiny island of just 3,000 people that sits in the Amazon River, more than a thousand miles from their capitals.

The Peruvian Congress last week passed a law that reduces income tax to 15% from the current 29.5% for large agricultural exporters over the next 10 years. Medium-sized businesses would pay 1.5% income tax, while small businesses would be exempt from the tax.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has visited an Amazon River island at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia.

A Peruvian judge ordered the pre-trial detention for former president Martin Vizcarra on Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes while he was governor more than a decade ago.