Overview

• President José Jerí met Lima district mayors at the Government Palace, with 35 of 42 attending, to collect proposals against crime.
• SJL mayor Jesús Maldonado warned that SIM cards are “sold like candy” in his district and called for sanctions on operators over unregistered chip sales.
• Maldonado urged transferring unspent Ministry of Interior funds to municipalities between November and December with two safeguards for exclusive security use and to fix police station shortfalls.
• He proposed designating SJL as a pilot for targeted interventions, correcting past emergency flaws by concentrating forces in high‑risk zones and requiring LED street lighting by utilities.
• Maldonado said future meetings must yield results as pressure mounts from announced transport and university mobilizations and a planned national strike, while some mayors criticized the meeting’s credibility without an Interior minister.