Peru Creates Unified Military-Police Command to Battle Its Worst Crime Wave in 25 Years
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Peru Creates Unified Military-Police Command to Battle Its Worst Crime Wave in 25 Years
Peru's Fujimori merges military and police under a Unified Command as the country faces its worst crime crisis in over two decades. What it means for families and businesses.
The Peruvian president presented an elite force composed of 1,350 military and police, in the midst of a security crisis marked by the increase in homicides and extortions.
With 34 million inhabitants, Peru is going through its worst security crisis since the end of the internal armed conflict (1980-2000), with the expansion of violent criminal groups. The murders in the country went from 1,000 in 2018 to 2,600 in 2025 and the extortion charges, from 3,200 to 26,500. "Today I announce the establishment of a Unified Command to confront and defeat crime and crime," Fujimori said during a ceremony at the Army headquar…
The President of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, announced on Wednesday the creation of the Unified Command, a military and police authority that will lead the actions to face the growing wave of crime in the country. With 34 million inhabitants, Peru is going through its worst security crisis since the end of the internal armed conflict (1980-2000), with the expansion of violent criminal groups. 'Operations of malignant influence': US and allies alert Ir…
Peru's president, Keiko Fujimori, created the Unified Command to curb the serious security crisis and the advance of organized crime. What is it?
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