Overview
- Interim attorney general Tomás Gálvez ended Fany Quispe Farfán’s designation as national coordinator and returned Jorge Chávez Cotrina to the post.
- Chávez Cotrina also assumes leadership of the Office of Coordination and Liaison on illicit drug trafficking crimes and becomes the formal point of contact with the U.S. embassy’s narcotics section and the DEA.
- Fany Quispe Farfán continues as the titular head of the Second Superior National Specialized Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime.
- The decision was published in El Peruano, making the reassignment official, with the ministry citing a modernization strategy to boost prosecution, prevention and citizen protection.
- This marks Gálvez’s first significant staffing change since he became interim fiscal de la Nación on September 22 following the suspension of Delia Espinoza Valenzuela.