Overview

• After trekking to Lima, Pataz mayor Aldo Carlos Mariños met President José Jerí and secured a dialogue table for Oct. 14 and a technical table for Oct. 16 with civil society participation and defined deliverables.
• Some supporters who joined the march rejected his engagement with the presidency and threw bottles as he departed, while Mariños vowed the forums would take up both national and local petitions.
• The Trujillo Special Electoral Jury ruled on Oct. 9 that La Libertad governor César Acuña committed proselytism at an official Víctor Larco event, ordering referrals to the Prosecutor’s Office, the Comptroller and the regional council and noting five firm violations and 14 open files.
• In Santiago de Surco, municipal workers reported being attacked from a residence linked to Congresswoman María Acuña during a public‑space recovery operation, and the municipality said it will file a criminal complaint against property owner Los Alisos EIRL for alleged offenses including violence against authorities and aggravated usurpation.
• Separately, Peru and Japan signed a state‑to‑state contract to modernize the Majes Siguas irrigation system, covering upgrades to the Condoroma dam, Tuti intake, 88 km of tunnels and 13 km of canals to improve water transfer and support agroexport growth.