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Peru Security Crisis Deepens as Court Halts Lima Tolls and Legal Shifts Hit Politics

Judicial rulings reshape services and campaigns as violence persists under the Lima-Callao emergency.

Overview

  • A Lima court ordered Rutas de Lima to stop charging tolls at Villa and Punta Negra; the company complied and denounced the decision as illegal, arbitrary and abusive.
  • Mayor Renzo Reggiardo said the city may seek temporary control of the affected roads if the concessionaire fails to perform maintenance, as toll booths on the Panamericana Sur were deactivated.
  • Judge Juan Carlos Checkley revoked preventive detention for former senior prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta, granting restricted liberty with a S/10,000 bond and strict no-contact rules in a case linked to Andrés Hurtado.
  • Alianza Para el Progreso launched an internal investigation and removed Oscar Acuña from its 2026 campaign following a report alleging illicit payments connected to the firm Frigoinca.
  • Police reported new actions and incidents under the emergency, including the arrest of a 17-year-old suspected hitman in Callao, the capture of ex-governor Maciste Díaz Abad in Huancayo, a fatal shooting in Breña, and an extortion-related blast at a Trujillo clinic with no injuries, while transport unions plan a Nov. 4 strike.