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.