Peru's justice minister has called for more protection for prosecutors and judges in drug trafficking cases.
The call comes after a witness was assassinated on the steps of a prison in Lima as he was about to testify.
He was to give evidence in the case against Fernando Zevallos, who is now on a US blacklist of the world's most wanted drug traffickers.
The latest killing marks the growing boldness of drugs gangs operating in Peru as cocaine production increases.
On Wednesday afternoon, the former drugs trafficker was entering a prison complex in Lima to testify in the Zevallos case, when he was shot twice in the back of the head.
The killer fled the scene jumping onto a motorbike driven by another man.
Police described it as a trademark drugs killing, the latest in a string of murders of cartel members, officials, and even a judge dating back two years.
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