Five Peruvians a day are murdered in cold blood. The figure is not extracted from the script of a horror movie but from the Single National Repository of Health Information (Reunis) of the National Computer System of Deaths (Sinadef), which belongs to the Ministry of Health.
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The information shows that in the period from January to October 2024, The number of homicides increased considerably compared to the same period of previous years.
In fact, according to the repository of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), until Today 1,493 cases of deaths due to murder have been recorded. This figure includes the hitmen that have been overwhelming various districts of Lima.
As we know, one of the last victims of these events was a teacher who received the shooting of a hitman at the door of the Julio César Tello school (Ate), in front of his own students.
In 2023, in the same period from January to October, the homicide of at least 1,210 people was reported, that is, a difference of 283 cases.
In 2022, the murder of 1,323 people was recorded. A year before and in the same period of time, when Pedro Castillo was president, 1,070 homicides were recorded.
In 2020, 822 cases were reported, always between January and October. In 2019, there were 880. In 2018, 715 were reported and in 2017, 546 (see infographic).
Details
Of the total of 1,493 cases throughout the country, In Lima, 564 have been registered and the district with the highest number of homicides is San Juan de Lurigancho with 94 cases. Comas follows with 51 murders and Ate immediately with 45.
Also on the list is Villa María del Triunfo (36), San Juan de Miraflores (33), Puente Piedra (31) and Lima Cercado (31). They continue San Martín de Porres (27), Villa El Salvador (25), El Agustino (19), Chorrillos (18) and Los Olivos (17).
With smaller numbers There are Independencia (16), La Molina (6), La Victoria (10), Lince (1), Lurigancho (13), Lurín (4), Magdalena (1), Miraflores (1), Pachacamac (13), Pueblo Libre (2) and Rímac (12).
The List is completed by San Borja (2), San Miguel (5), Santa Anita (9), Santa Rosa (1), Surquillo (3) and Santiago de Surco (3).
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Due to these terrifying figures and the apparent failure of the state of emergency in 14 districts of Lima, the authorities of the Executive Branch were consulted.
The Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, for example, referred to the cruel murder of a teacher, indicating that this type of case cannot overshadow the work undertaken by his sector. “(With the case) it does not mean, at all, that we are not having any type of results”he assured.
In turn, Premier Gustavo Adrianzén, when asked if he should resign due to the number of deaths that are registered every day, pointed out that “If by taking a step aside there are no deaths, I will resign.”
“Look, if it were possible to guarantee that by taking a step aside, no one is going to die in Peru, I would do it (…) The plan is working with hundreds if not thousands of police and army personnel in the streets,” he questioned.
Nevertheless, He acknowledged that the results are not what was expected. “We do not stop believing that the results we are obtaining are good, but they are not the best and they are not what we are expecting,” he said.
In addition, He did not rule out expanding the state of emergency to other districts and that their security be assumed by the Armed Forces.
ANALYSIS
On the subject, Pedro Yaranga, a specialist in security issues, said that the state of emergency is not working.
He indicated to this newspaper that what is needed is to empower the Police and the justice system in the country. “All political support must be given to the interventions that the Police are going to carry out, as in other countries, because when the police kill a criminal, the Prosecutor’s Office denounces him,” he said.
He added that the Sinadef figures reflect a clear abandonment by the Government of security policies.
He added that the Minister of the Interior began a fairly good administration but then had a series of problems with the Police sector, which is not a good sign. ““The president should make changes with an Interior Minister who has a much more technical vision,” he posed.
Deaths
To date, Peru has recorded a total of 117,404 deaths nationwide from various causes, according to Sinadef.
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