Peru’s President Names New Interior Minister as Crime Wave Grips Nation

After marches in Peru against the increase in extortion and hit men, the president of the South American nation, Dina Boluarte, last Monday arranged for the mobilization of 10,000 police officers in Lima and Callao to guarantee the development of operations against crime. READ ALSO: Peruvians march in rejection of organized crime By taking stock in the War Room with the high command of the Police and the Armed Forces, the president said that 3,7…

Peru’s President Names New Interior Minister as Crime Wave Grips Nation

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte appointed Julio Díaz Zulueta as Interior Minister on March 24, 2025, tasking the retired police general with tackling a relentless surge in crime. The swearing-in, held at Lima’s Government Palace, followed Congress’s censure of Juan José Santiváñez on March 21, ousting him with 78 votes for failing to stem a tide […]

The new owner of the Mininter takes office in the midst of a deep crisis of citizen insecurity that has already claimed the lives of 503 citizens in 2025.

The newly appointed Peruvian Interior Minister, Julio Díaz Zulueta, has the firm task of fighting the flagrant crime facing the country, said the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, in a new session of the 'War Room against Crime' held together with senior police and military commanders.

With a worse record than Juan Santiváñez, who was censored because of his inability to deal with crime in the country, General PNP (r) Julio Díaz Zulueta vowed yesterday to kneel before President Dina Boluarte as the new Minister of the Interior.MORE INFORMATION: Dina Boluarte: They expect President to prove how he multiplied his assets by three.The new Minister of the Interior has been a trusted man of Santiváñez, as his “best” precedent, and t…

Flor Pablo spoke about the new head of the Ministry of the Interior. Source: RPP Congresswoman Flor Pablo Medina stated that the dismissal of Juan José Santiváñez as Minister of the Interior is "an achievement of citizenship."In RPP TV's Fire Test program, the legislator explained that Santiváñez Antunez's censorship by Congress responded to the outrage of a broad section of the population, which organized a march on Friday, March 21, in Lima a…