Overview
- Official data record 23,213 extortion complaints from January to October 2025, surpassing all of 2024 and averaging roughly one report every 19 minutes.
- Lima registered 9,750 complaints and La Libertad 3,789, with prolonged emergency declarations continuing in Trujillo and Pataz since 2023.
- The government created the National Police’s Extortion Investigation Division led by Col. Víctor Revoredo, who vowed to shift operations from defense to offense.
- President José Jerí announced an updated state of emergency with complementary measures as part of the response to rising extortion.
- INPE reports only 11 extortion sentences between January and July 2025 and a large share of detainees without final convictions, while prosecutors cite hundreds of seized devices awaiting forensic analysis.