Dina Boluarte announced freezing of bank accounts used by extortionists

The president Dina Boluarte He detailed the agreements reached in the Council of State regarding the fight against citizen insecurity. The president announced a series of measures such as increasing penalties or freezing bank accounts that are used by extortionists.

“Special protection measures will be established for whistleblowers, victims and witnesses of hitmen, extortion and criminal gangs. Facilitate the financial intelligence unit to proceed with the freezing of bank accounts used by extortionists,” he expressed to the press.

With this measure, it is expected that the accounts that the extortionists use to collect the money will be frozen, so that they cannot be used.

Another measure was to increase penalties for foreigners expelled from the country who re-enter irregularly. “Increase penalties for expelled foreigners who enter the country irregularly again. Provide resources for penitentiary infrastructure, achieving the expansion of existing panels, the construction of new penitentiary establishments and the reorganization of the National Penitentiary Institute,” he stated.

Another measure is that agents of the National Police and members of the Armed Forces be prosecuted in police and military jurisdiction respectively, when they use their regulation weapons.

“Make use of force in the performance of their functions, determining that the police military jurisdiction is the only one where they could be tried when they use their regulation weapons and always with a prior report from the Inspectorate as a requirement of procedurality,” it reads. between the agreements.

These measures come after the wave of crime and citizen insecurity grew considerably in our country, generating an atmosphere of fear and indignation in the population.

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