Attention. The Executive announced this Tuesday night to expand the state of emergency for 45 more days in the 14 districts where this measure was in force.
The districts that will remain in emergency are Ate, Ancón, Carabayllo, Comas, Independencia, Los Olivos, Lurigancho – Chosica, Puente Piedra, Rímac, San Martín de Porres, San Juan de Lurigancho, Santa Rosa and Villa El Salvador in Metropolitan Lima. In addition to Ventanilla in the Constitutional Province of Callao.
The measure aims to put an end to extortion and contract killings. The Executive issued this measure on September 27, with a duration of 60 days, after the series of attacks against transport companies by gangs of extortionists in several districts.
What is the state of emergency?
The state of emergency is declared when there is a disturbance to the peace or internal order. Article 137 paragraph 1 of the Political Constitution states that the President of the Republic, with the agreement of the Council of Ministers, can determine this regime of exception throughout the national territory or in a specific part.
The intervention of the National Police of Peru and the Armed Forces is carried out in accordance with the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 1186, which establishes rules for the employment and use of force.
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