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Jerí Signs Anti-Extortion Law and Moves to Secure Delegated Powers for Crime Crackdown

The transitional leader is pairing a hardline security drive with a fast-track legislative bid to stabilize public safety and rebuild investor confidence.

Overview

  • Jerí promulgated a law targeting extortion and hired killings tied to the transport sector, enabling account freezes, monitoring of suspect companies, specialized police–prosecutor interventions, and a national registry of vulnerable operators.
  • Recognized as supreme commander of the Armed Forces and National Police, he vowed to act relentlessly against crime within constitutional bounds and called for national unity.
  • Under the active state of emergency in Lima and Callao, he supervised joint police–military identity checks at Line 1 Metro stations in San Juan de Lurigancho and conducted overnight patrols in San Martín de Porres.
  • The government will ask Congress this week for delegated legislative faculties focused on citizen security and complementary economic measures, with technical inputs from business guilds and parliamentary leaders being finalized.
  • The prime minister said the Executive is weighing an emergency declaration for the penitentiary system and polygraph testing for INPE staff, and the president signaled additional state-of-emergency measures in the days ahead.