Overview

• Congress declared Boluarte’s “permanent moral incapacity” and approved her ouster by well over the 56 votes required in the 130-seat chamber.
• Parliamentary leader José Jerí was named head of state to steer the country until elections planned for mid-April 2026.
• Official figures reported 6,041 killings between January and mid-August and a 28% rise in extortion cases to 15,989 from January to July.
• Pressure escalated after a gunman opened fire at an Agua Marina concert in Lima, injuring five people.
• Boluarte had partly blamed illegal immigration for rising violence, while Prime Minister Eduardo Arana’s late defense in Congress failed to sway legislators.