Fujimori sets up a military-police task force to fight organized crime in Peru

Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori on Wednesday announced the creation of a Unified Command and a joint military-police task force at Army Headquarters in San Borja of Lima to combat organized crime, extortion, and gang violence.

Authorities plan to regain control of correctional facilities, holding inmates who continue to orchestrate crimes from behind bars incommunicado. Fujimori also urged political parties, private companies, and international partners to back the non-ideological security initiative.