Overview
- From Huánuco, President José Jerí said the recent upward trend in criminality has begun to level off and that the next objective is to drive it down.
- He pledged not to intervene in police operations or judicial processes involving fugitives such as Vladimir Cerrón, with a court review of Cerrón’s preventive detention set for November 26.
- The government points to an October 22 state of emergency in Lima and Callao, recently updated, as part of early actions against crime.
- Jerí announced a roughly three-month tour of all regions to secure concrete executive agreements and advance decentralization in coordination with planning authorities.
- He acknowledged limited time and an inherited budget through July 2026, and said a definitive stance on extending the Reinfo registry will follow further consultations this week.