Lawmakers in Peru removed the country's immensely unpopular president Dina Boluarte from office on Friday, ending a stint in office plagued by protests, corruption probes and an unprecedented wave of violent crime.

The 38-year-old head of the legislature, Jose Jeri, assumed the presidency shortly after the vote, tasked with leading the South American country until elections in April 2026.

After being sworn in, Jeri vowed to spend the remainder of the presidential term cracking down on spiralling violence linked to extortion rackets run by organized crime gangs.

"The main enemy is outside, in the streets -- the criminal gangs, the crime groups... we must declare war on them," he said.

Boluarte's ousting continues a pattern of political upheaval in Peru, which has had seven presidents in

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