Planes carrying travelers from Cusco to Lima, where El Al jets are waiting, take off shortly after Peruvian authorities approve the travel

Thousands of citizens believed to be in South America, where several countries have enacted travel bans and flight suspensions

Family of Hodaya Monsonego, 24, say she is mentally impaired and was tricked into scheme; president asks Lima for clemency given 'fragile condition'

Alejandro Toledo, who now lives in California, is wanted on corruption charges; his wife's Israeli citizenship is cited by US attorneys as flight risk

Sammy Sadovnik visits Israel every year, but is concerned for the future of his country's Jewish community which is rapidly shrinking 'due to economic and terrorist problems'

Former leader, who was investigated but not charged in sprawling corruption case, dies in a hospital from self-inflicted wound