He president of the Congressional Justice Commission, Isacc Mitaminimized the increase in citizen insecurity in the country and undermined citizen concern about this problem.
“Tell the entire country to calm down, calm down because here there are also exaggerations from the press. Exaggerations that are making this grow more,” said the parliamentarian, referring to the acts of criminality.
Likewise, instead of holding the Ministry of the Interior and the Government of the day, summoned the media. “The press, too many exaggerations… is causing social violence to grow more. So I am going to ask you, I respect everyone and I respect everyone’s opinions, but we must not exaggerate, (we must) have control,” he commented.
His statement contrasts with the statistics of the National Computer System of Deaths (Sinadef) which warns that only in the first 15 days of January 75 homicides were reported.
Lima reported 5 attacks with explosives in just 24 hours
Furthermore, since On the night of January 15, at least five attacks were reported with explosive devices in various parts of Lima. The cases would not be unrelated to the collection of quotas by extortionists, since the places affected were mainly businesses.
The districts of Lince, San Juan de Lurigancho and San Juan de Miraflores were the scenes of these violent acts that reflect the insecurity crisis that afflicts our country.
On Wednesday night, January 15, a war grenade was detonated on Los Lirios Avenue, near the busy Mall del Sur shopping center. This incident left at least 9 people injured, according to reports from the Municipality of San Juan de Miraflores. The area is known for being a point where prostitution activities frequently take place, which would have been the target of extortionists.
Then, during the morning of January 16, the Lince district was the scene of three grenade explosions that caused alarm among residents. The explosions, which occurred in two hotels and a commercial building located a short distance away, caused considerable damage to the facades of the affected buildings. The authorities quickly arrived at the scene to begin the pertinent investigations.
