 In 1970, he moved to Lima, Peru, where he and his brother Menachem opened a mattress factory, Productos Paraiso, now the largest bedding company in Peru.Ivcher acquired Peruvian nationality in keeping with a law in force at the time according to which aliens were not permitted to own a radio or television channel in Peru.In 1996, Ivcher's television station, Canal 2, began airing investigative reports accusing Vladimiro Montesinos, head of Peru's national intelligence service, of links to death squads and drug traffickers.