Overview
- At a 2 p.m. joint session of the Defense and Transport commissions, ministers Vicente Tiburcio (Interior), Aldo Prieto (Transport) and Denisse Miralles (Economy) joined interim Attorney General Tomás Gálvez to present a draft law.
- The proposal packages extraordinary steps including stricter route regulation and enforcement, tougher criminal penalties that aggravate hired killings tied to transport, and a special financial‑intelligence unit to track illicit proceeds.
- MTC chief Aldo Prieto backed three pillars—prevention, rapid response and rehabilitation—and detailed measures such as route certifications in high‑risk zones, integrated video surveillance, temporary alternate routes and a contingency risk fund.
- Prieto called for operational coordination among the PNP, MTC, ATU and Sutrán for quick activation during extortion events and said MEF review is needed to ensure funding and sustainability.
- Officials underscored the scale of the problem, citing more than 60% of 2023–2025 extortion complaints linked to land transport and over 200 million soles in 2024 losses in Lima, as lawmakers seek a swift committee report for referral to the full chamber.