Peruvian right-wing President Keiko Fujimori announced Wednesday the creation of a Unified Command integrating the Armed Forces and the National Police “to fight organized crime”.
Fujimori said security forces will “turn up where they least expect it to carry out search and immediate arrest operations.”
“We will deport, in record time, foreigners who came to break the law and attack Peruvians,” she added, noting that the government will also retake control of the prisons and hold incommunicado those inmates who continue to run criminal operations from behind bars.
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The announcement was made during a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (Cosedena) at the Army General Headquarters.
The president said Peruvians are desperate because they go out to work every day afraid of being extorted or dying in a shootout, and attributed the problem to previous governments. She said the State will act firmly against crime.
🇵🇪 Un solo comando contra el crimen
La presidenta de la República, Keiko Fujimori, anunció la creación del Comando Unificado para enfrentar y derrotar la criminalidad y la delincuencia, una unidad que integra a las Fuerzas Armadas, las Fuerzas Especiales y la Policía de élite… pic.twitter.com/qM8y6Ywxys
— Presidencia del Perú 🇵🇪 (@presidenciaperu) October 7, 2026
As supreme commander of the Armed Forces, Fujimori called on private companies to contribute to the effort to restore the principle of authority and strengthen the rule of law, and invited foreign governments to share experiences, technology, information and other resources in the fight against transnational crime.
Official data confirm the grim scale of violent deaths: the National Computerized Death System recorded 2,147 homicides nationwide over the past twelve months. Of those, 169 occurred in August, the first month of the Fujimori administration.
Two of the country’s leading pollsters show a sharp decline in the president’s approval rating. Datum recorded an 18-point drop and Ipsos a 15-point drop between August and September, leaving approval at 42% in both surveys. Meanwhile, the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos puts approval at 37%, with disapproval now exceeding support across all studies. Some analysts attribute this outcome to the lack of effective measures to address organized crime.
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