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Online Sale of Unlicensed Weapons Increases in Peru

Summary by La Razón
The sale of weapons is regulated by the SUCAMEC, but publications in Facebook and WhatsApp groups offer pistols to 1000 suns with messages such as “the police take” or “it is not a crime to take care of the crime”. Insecurity has ceased to be a perception to become a daily reality in many cities of Peru. In response, citizens are resorting more often to the purchase of firearms mainly through digital channels. In groups of Facebook and WhatsApp,…
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The sale of weapons is regulated by the SUCAMEC, but publications in Facebook and WhatsApp groups offer pistols to 1000 suns with messages such as “the police take” or “it is not a crime to take care of the crime”. Insecurity has ceased to be a perception to become a daily reality in many cities of Peru. In response, citizens are resorting more often to the purchase of firearms mainly through digital channels. In groups of Facebook and WhatsApp,…

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La Razón broke the news in on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
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