Peru Interior minister sacked over violent crime Peru's Congress voted to remove the country's Interior Minister on Friday, citing his inability to curb a surge in violent crime. MPs voted by 79 votes in favor to 11 against to remove Juan Jose Santivanez from office over “his political responsibility and inability to tackle the wave of citizen insecurity facing the country.” Twenty lawmakers abstained. The minister’s dismissal comes amid heightened emotions in the South American country following the shooting dead Sunday of cumbia star Paul Flores, 39, by hitmen who attacked his tour...