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Peru is taking steps to join US President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas initiative, its foreign minister said Friday, just days after conservative President Keiko Fujimori took office.
Trump’s anti-cartel alliance is made up of pro-US administrations across Latin America including the governments of Argentina, Ecuador and El Salvador.
Member states exchange information and coordinate judicial and security forces to address transnational criminal activity.
Fujimori won Peru’s election on a promise to address soaring security concerns, and had already signalled a desire to join the alliance before taking office on Tuesday.
