Peru: Family at risk of violence and forced eviction

Index Number: AMR 46/004/2013
Date Published: 18 July 2013

Maxima Acuña and her family are at risk of unnecessary and excessive use of force by the police and of being forcibly evicted from their home and land in northern Peru. Police used violence in previous attempts to drive the family away from the plot of land they live on and whose ownership is disputed.