Overview
- The interagency delegation includes specialists from the FBI, DEA and U.S. state police programs and is led by FBI Operations Director José A. Pérez.
- The visit, requested by interim President José Jerí, will run seven to ten days with meetings across the Interior and Defense ministries, the Fiscalía, the National Police and Congress.
- Authorities describe the effort as an external diagnostic and a set of operational recommendations rather than an imposed blueprint.
- The program opened with a session at the Government Palace as Peru confronts a public‑security crisis that includes a state of exception in Lima and Callao, at least 25,196 extortion complaints in 2025, and 2,086 homicides this year.
- Peru framed the cooperation within a broader U.S. agenda that features Army engineers working on the Callao port expansion, interest in critical minerals, and a planned early‑2026 visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.