Lima/Washington —
When journalists at IDL-Reporteros published a story exposing corruption at the highest levels in Peru, they expected the story to make a splash.
What they didn’t expect was more than a year of attacks, threats, a newsroom raid, smear campaigns, and legal action over their coverage.
In May last year, shortly after IDL-Reporteros published a series of stories, a crowd gathered outside the media outlet’s office. The journalists filmed as garbage, flares, and excrement were thrown toward them.
And this March, a criminal investigation opened into IDL-Reporteros’…
