Peru’s Prime Minister Ana Jara Fires Senior Intelligence Officials
Source:
The Wall Street Journal
Peru’s Prime Minister Ana Jara has removed the head of the National Intelligence Service and other high-level officials, as allegations widened that the spy agency had for years gathered information on a broad range of well-known people in the country.
Ms. Jara told Congress on Friday that intelligence agents allegedly compiled information about cabinet ministers, wealthy business leaders, opposition politicians, members of President Ollanta Humala’s family, journalists and others, including Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.
The firings come as weekly magazine Correo Semanal on Thur