Officials from left: Peruvian Deputy-Counsel in Los Angeles and professional archeologist Claudia Bastante, Peruvian Consul General Jose Luis Chavez Gonzales, Homeland Security Investigation, HSI, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul Cotcher, Supervisory Special Agent Chad Fredrickson and Lorenzo Ponce, HSI Lima, Peru, show a sample of recovered Peruvian cultural property at the Consulate General of Peru in Los Angeles, Friday, April 21, By Stefanie Dazio THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP)- The United States on Friday returned several Peruvian antiquities, including the intricate knotwork artifacts known as khipus, in a ceremony at the Los Angeles consulate. The brief event came amid a push in recent years to have museums, universities and governments worldwide return cultural pieces to their home countries and tribal nations. Indigenous and African communities, in particular,

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