Peru - Gunmen tried to kill Peru's attorney general amid a high-profile corruption investigation... Saturday's attack on Attorney General Gladys Echaiz was an assassination attempt... Echaiz is overseeing the investigation of an alleged bribery involving state oil executives, and an illegal wiretapping ring allegedly run by Peruvian navy officers.Echaiz's bodyguards engaged the gunmen in a shootout and repelled the attack, taking the attorney general to safety.
The suspects, who fled in an SUV, have not yet been identified, officials said. (more) (background)
