By Marco Aquino

LIMA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Peru’s electoral authority will provide bulletproof vests to presidential candidates ahead of April’s elections after a spate of attacks on politicians in the Andean nation.

Roberto Burneo, president of Peru’s National Jury of Elections, announced the move on Tuesday and said he feared the 2026 election would be more violent than the 2021 campaign, when some 50 violent events were registered.

“What we want is to prevent and identify risks,” he told reporters. “No effort should be spared, even if it means going to the extreme of using bulletproof vests.”

He said election staff would also get the protective equipment. It was unclear if candidates for lower offices would also receive vests.

On April 12, Peruvian voters will elect the president, two

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