Peru Assigns Police to Protect Tourists
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 at 12:06pm
Police will begin patrolling Peru's famed Inca Trail following the recent
armed robbery of 13 tourists, officials said Wednesday. Peru's National
Institute of Culture, which administers the trail and the Machu Picchu
ruins — the country's top tourist destination — said national police would
assign 12 officers to protect hikers. "This number could increase in the
future," said institute spokeswoman Ana Palomino in Cuzco, the ancient
capital of the Inca empire 350 miles southeast of Lima. She said agents
assigned to the trail will be required to speak a foreign language and will
focus on guarding campsites.
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"Peru Assigns Police to Protect Tourists"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LIMA, Peru - Police will begin patrolling Peru's famed Inca Trail following the recent armed robbery of 13 tourists, officials said Wednesday.
Peru's National Institute of Culture, which administers the trail and the Machu Picchu ruins — the country's top tourist destination — said national police would assign 12 officers to protect hikers.
"This number could increase in the future," said institute spokeswoman Ana Palomino in Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire 350 miles southeast of Lima."