Peru probes if police killed suspects for rewards

‘The Interior Ministry in Peru says there is strong evidence that a group of police officers were behind the extrajudicial killings of at least 20 suspected criminals in an attempt to get promotions and rewards from their superiors.
Deputy Interior Minister Ruben Vargas said nine police officers, including a general, a commander and seven junior officers, are believed to have killed the 20, most of them lacking criminal records, in six different police operations between 2012 and 2015.
The officers under investigation are accused of falsely presenting the victims as dangerous criminals in separate crimes, including kidnappings and robberies, according to the ministry.’
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