Overview
- Using official death-registration records, the analysis estimates 5.56 homicides per day during roughly the first two months of José Jerí’s presidency.
- The comparison across recent administrations shows averages of PPK 1.88, Vizcarra 2.87, Merino 2.67, Sagasti 3.62, Castillo 4.22, Boluarte 5.25, and Jerí 5.56.
- Perú21 reports that repeated states of emergency and high-profile operations have not curbed extortion or contract killings.
- A recent daytime shooting of a young worker in A. H. Señor de Luren is cited as an example of persistent violence on the ground.
- Carbajal published the updated graphic and figures on X, noting SINADEF records can be revised as new registrations are added.