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Dan Collyns in Lima

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Inquiry launched in peru after alleged prostitution ring uncovered in congress - Caught on Camera

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The Legislative Palace of Peru. Photograph: Milton Rodriguez/Alamy

Prosecutors in Peru are investigating a sex-for-votes scandal in the country’s Congress after uncovering an alleged prostitution ring inside the widely-loathed chamber.

The investigation began after hired killers fired more than 40 rounds into a taxi carrying Andrea Vidal, a 27-year-old lawyer who worked in Congress, earlier this month in Lima. She died of her injuries in an intensive care ward on Tuesday. The taxi driver was also killed in the attack.

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