Overview
- Supreme Decree No. 124-2025-PCM took effect at midnight Oct. 21–22, establishing a 30-day emergency across Lima Metropolitana and Callao.
- Measures include a ban on two adult riders on L3 motorcycles, vehicle and identity controls, and continuous patrols in transport hubs and other vulnerable points.
- Penitentiary steps cut power inside cells except essential lighting, tighten visitation schedules and eligibility, and authorize polygraph tests for INPE staff.
- Authorities will run permanent seizures of illegal weapons, ammunition, explosives and pyrotechnics, move to suspend phone lines linked to extortion, and bolster flagrancy units with protection for prosecutors and judges.
- A four-committee structure led by the PNP commander general coordinates operations, while Congress the same day declined to advance a censure vote against President José Jerí after a deadly police crackdown.