Overview
- The Executive published Resolución Suprema N.° 234-2026-IN on Sunday, September 20, formally reassigning 23 senior PNP officers by the causal of “necesidad del servicio.”
- The measure moves General Víctor Revoredo from the Dirección de Investigación Criminal (Dirincri) to the Dirección de Asuntos Internacionales, names Ricardo Espinoza as new Dirincri chief, and appoints Eric Ángeles Puente to lead the La Libertad police region.
- The resolution was presented by the Comandancia General, is grounded in internal HR reports and personnel law, and bears the signatures of President Keiko Fujimori and Interior Minister César Astudillo.
- The shake-up follows the September 15 appointment of Commander General Fredy López Mendoza, who announced reviews of director performance and whose proposal the Comandancia submitted for the reordering.
- Investigations into the killing of journalist Susy Aponte Polo continue and media note she publicly accused Revoredo before her death, but authorities have not stated any legal link between the homicide and the reassignment.