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Peru's Interior Minister Reports Positive One-Month Security Balance, Tightens Police Discipline

The minister said the government will seek special legislative powers to advance security policy.

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.