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Peru’s Interim President Jerí Orders Prison Sweeps as Security Crisis Deepens

His past support for laws critics say weakened investigations clouds the credibility of his security push.

Overview

  • Congress removed Dina Boluarte for permanent moral incapacity on October 10, and José Jerí Oré assumed the presidency shortly after the vote.
  • Jerí supervised a coordinated operation with INPE and the national police at Ancón I as authorities conducted simultaneous inspections in Lurigancho, Trujillo and Challapalca, with officials pledging more actions targeting extortion and contract killings organized from prisons.
  • Prosecutors probing the Agua Marina shooting documented about 25 shots and impacts indicating fire from outside and from behind the victims, as the band said four wounded members are stable and authorities closed the Chorrillos venue.
  • Security incidents persisted, with police detaining an armed man roughly 15 meters from Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga during a public event in Villa María del Triunfo and a separate daylight shooting injuring a man outside a station in Villa El Salvador.
  • Youth collectives and transport unions maintained plans for a national strike on October 15 over insecurity, while regional business and civic leaders pressed the transitional government for concrete measures, including calls in Piura to deploy the Armed Forces to street patrols.