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Peru to Update LimaCallao Emergency and Void Security Plan in Crime Crackdown Pivot

Ministers will consider complementary measures, with a request for temporary legislative powers to follow.

Overview

  • President José Jerí said the Council of Ministers will approve an update to the Lima and Callao state of emergency today to add complementary security actions.
  • Options under review include reinforced integrated patrols, a larger Armed Forces presence in critical zones, intensified intelligence against extortion and contract killings, and targeted interventions that could extend to other regions.
  • Jerí declared the current National Citizen Security Plan void and ordered a new strategy drawing on the 2013–2018 plan and the 2002 Bratton model.
  • The Interior Ministry reports more than 2,500 operations and over 3,000 arrests since the late‑October emergency began.
  • Congress’s Constitution Commission approved extending police detention in serious flagrancia cases to 15 days, and the Executive is preparing a request for legislative faculties on security.