Overview
- Vicente Tiburcio said criminal growth is being contained and described homicide levels as stationary after the administration’s first month.
- He highlighted a roughly one-ton drug seizure and recent operations that yielded arrests, seized weapons, and evidence tied to extortion networks.
- A stricter disciplinary regime for the National Police was approved by supreme decrees, introducing expedited and more punitive procedures.
- In cases of criminal flagrancy with proven facts, disciplinary cases will follow a summary track intended to conclude within 12 to 15 days.
- The Interior and Justice ministries are drafting a security-focused legislative package at the president’s direction, and officials stress they are acting under current law despite ongoing debate over so-called pro-crime laws.