Overview
- The overnight Jan. 15–16 operation targeted Pavilion 4, with more than 650 inmates moved to the yard for body and cell searches.
- Authorities reported seizing cellphones, notebooks of phone numbers, televisions, sound equipment, fans, makeshift billiard tables and an image linked to Santa Muerte, along with illegal outlets and extensions.
- INPE said the raid involved more than 80 agents from GOES and prison security with a canine unit, while multiple media reports cited deployments exceeding 300.
- Leaders said the crackdown is tied to continued searches and the relocation of alleged gang heads to maximum-security facilities including Ancón I, Challapalpa and Cochamarca to disrupt external coordination.
- INPE noted 4,100 prison searches nationwide in the past six months with about 950 phones and over 1,500 blades seized, highlighting systemic security gaps at Lurigancho, which holds more than 10,000 inmates.