Peru's Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

Growing outrage over crime and political scandals eroded support for President Dina Boluarte, the country’s most unpopular leader in recent history.

In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí has led raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide

Peru's lawmakers swore in Congress chief Jose Jeri as the country's new president less than an hour after unanimously voting to remove President Dina Boluarte, as anger mounted over rising crime and accusations of corruption.

Peru's new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organized crime.

The wave of violence linked to organized crime cost President Dina Boluarte her job. Bus drivers, shopkeepers and artists have been the main victims of extortion, and on Wednesday, they protested alongside the rest of the population against a corrupt system.

Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office amid worsening crime and allegations of personal corruption, the latest turn in the country’s years-long political crisis. José Jerí, the president of Congress, was sworn in as Peru’s acting president, the country’s eighth leader in the past 10 years.