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As part of a broader crime wave in Peru that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, gangs have begun targeting private schools in poorer neighborhoods for extortion.
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Greg Dixon, NPR, 26 June 2025
That terror attack and ensuing crime wave claimed four lives and maimed and injured more than 264 others.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
The White House has faced criticism from Democrats and even its own anti-immigration allies for exaggerating an immigrant crime wave while holding harmless the employers whose decisions shape huge sectors of the American economy.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 June 2025
Local papers framed the racial attacks as a vigilante response to an immigrant crime wave, and most of the people arrested during the fighting were Latino.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
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Greg Dixon, NPR, 26 June 2025
That terror attack and ensuing crime wave claimed four lives and maimed and injured more than 264 others.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
The White House has faced criticism from Democrats and even its own anti-immigration allies for exaggerating an immigrant crime wave while holding harmless the employers whose decisions shape huge sectors of the American economy.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 June 2025
Local papers framed the racial attacks as a vigilante response to an immigrant crime wave, and most of the people arrested during the fighting were Latino.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
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“Crime wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20wave. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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