Overview
- The second procession departed the Santuario de las Nazarenas at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 18 and drew thousands of devotees along the Centro Histórico of Lima.
- The image received formal homages at the Plaza Mayor and entered the Palacio de Gobierno for the first time in 40 years, where President Keiko Fujimori and cabinet members paid tribute.
- Health teams treated large numbers of people because of intense heat and crowding, with EsSalud reporting more than 130 attended and DIGERD giving an initial tally of 158 attended and two transfers to hospitals.
- Authorities maintained progressive street closures and transport changes, deployed over a thousand police and municipal agents, used video surveillance and drones, and positioned dozens of ambulances and medical posts.
- The procession resumed its third sortie at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, October 19 from the Iglesia del Carmen with scheduled hospital visits and the same contingency plans in place ahead of the main October 28 and November 1 processions.