Police roust big squatter settlement on edge of Peru capital
Squatters watch as police tear down their shacks in their recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Squatters watch as police tear down their shacks in their recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
Police tear down shacks in a recently formed squatters settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police tear down shacks in a recently formed squatters settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:28 PM EDT
Squatters watch as police tear down their shacks in their recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Squatters watch as police tear down their shacks in their recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:29 PM EDT
Police block squatters during an eviction from their recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police block squatters during an eviction from their recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:30 PM EDT
Police take part in an eviction of a recently formed squatters settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police take part in an eviction of a recently formed squatters settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:30 PM EDT
Police inspect a squatters settlement after dislodging hundreds of families, on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police inspect a squatters settlement after dislodging hundreds of families, on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, which had been occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
A squatter talks to reporters as she points at police helping to carrying out an eviction of a recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A squatter talks to reporters as she points at police helping to carrying out an eviction of a recently formed settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:30 PM EDT
Squatters are detained during an eviction of their settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Squatters are detained during an eviction of their settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, occupied by mostly people who can no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Apr. 28, 2021 02:31 PM EDT