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Peru’s Flagrancia Rollout Accelerates as Loreto Handles First Theft Case

A 72-hour justice model is expanding through new units with tighter interagency coordination.

Overview

  • Loreto’s pilot unit received its first hurto agravado case on September 18 and a judge approved immediate proceedings, giving prosecutors 24 hours to file charges for trial.
  • The Corte de Loreto had proposed adding all theft modalities to the unit’s remit, extending coverage beyond family violence, DUI and receptación handled to date.
  • Tumbes reports more than 120 cases since December 2024, with many resolved within 72 hours and a caseload spanning aggravated theft, robbery, violence, illegal arms, extortion and homicide.
  • Junín’s Huancayo pilot was authorized by Administrative Resolution N°3232-2025-CE-PJ to begin in November 2025, with agencies coordinating space and operational design at the court’s penal module.
  • Maynas municipality made a 500 m2 vehicle depot on Calle Atahualpa 1315 available to store motorcycles and motocarros seized in flagrancia operations, to be administered by the police unit.