Overview
- The decree took effect just after midnight Wednesday and will run for 30 days across the capital region and the adjacent port city.
- About ten million residents fall under the order, with soldiers permitted to back police operations and freedoms, including assembly, temporarily restricted.
- Police say a criminal-investigations officer likely fired the shot that killed 32-year-old rapper Eduardo Ruiz during last week’s clashes, and at least 113 people were injured, including 84 officers.
- Measures target tactics used by organized crime, including a ban on two people riding a motorcycle to disrupt contract killings.
- Transitional leader José Jerí, whose mandate runs to July 2026 after Dina Boluarte’s removal, presented the declaration as his first major step to restore security.