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Peru's Jerí Sets January 2026 Launch for Sunir to Replace INPE

He casts the overhaul as a push to curb extortion and contract killings traced to prisons.

Overview

  • President José Jerí said the new National Superintendency for Internment and Resocialization (Sunir) will begin operating in January 2026, taking over INPE’s functions.
  • He asserted he has the authority to dissolve INPE and argued that elements within the penitentiary system have contributed to the country’s security crisis.
  • Jerí defended INPE chief Iván Paredes Yataco, who faces a sanction process, saying Paredes has met the government’s demands on prison control and operations.
  • The president instructed the National Police to accelerate arrests of people with outstanding warrants, citing fugitive Vladimir Cerrón as a reference point.
  • He highlighted Pataz and the VRAEM as priority zones for enforcing law and order and welcomed Congress’s one-year extension of the Reinfo mining registry.