Overview
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez said the government will issue the declaration in the coming hours and that a comprehensive package of measures is under technical review.
- Officials have not published a start date, geographic scope, or the full contents of the decree for Lima Metropolitana.
- The measure is intended to give the National Police extraordinary legal and operational tools, with Armed Forces support, to confront organized crime, extortion and targeted killings.
- Pueblo Libre mayor Mónica Tello backed the move on the condition that it include a police investigative strategy and defined Army participation on the streets, criticizing past partial emergencies as ineffective.
- Lima mayor Renzo Reggiardo urged action without a curfew to avoid economic damage and promoted creating a Municipal Police by training Serenazgo to handle traffic control and minor offenses.