Overview
- Justice Minister Luis Jiménez Borra made a surprise visit to Challapalca on Tuesday, presenting veteran official Joel Franklin Quezada Márquez as director and deploying a 70-agent rotation to tighten order.
- During the sweep, INPE teams with national police and prosecutors found two cellphones hidden in a metal frame inside a cell, and the minister inspected a monitoring hub with 138 cameras using facial recognition and motion alerts.
- Officials said the changes form part of a wider zero‑tolerance plan that increases unannounced searches, with 42 inspections this year at Challapalca seizing phones, small amounts of drugs and improvised blades.
- In a separate overnight raid at the Chiclayo prison, 188 police officers and 35 INPE agents seized base cocaine, dozens of homemade knives and a 128 GB USB stick concealed in a shoe.
- Coverage differed on the staffing moves, with La República reporting removals of the director and 70 agents while official statements described rotations, and prosecutors are now reviewing evidence from the recent searches.