Overview
- Peru’s Interior Ministry issued RM 0075-2026-IN granting a further 10 days from January 26 to the temporary multisector group drafting the National Citizen Security Plan, citing unfinished coordination work.
- The “Marcha de Sacrificio” mobilization reached Lima with organizers alleging repeated highway identity checks and at least one detention; police reinforced the downtown perimeter and the city deployed 15 monitoring drones in the historic center.
- In Guanajuato, joint operations continued after the January 25 Salamanca football-field shooting that killed 11 and injured at least 12, with two suspected Cártel Santa Rosa de Lima members detained pending judicial linkage.
- In Culiacán, municipal security chief Alejandro Bravo survived a January 26 attack that led to four arrests and the seizure of rifles and tactical gear, while a separate shooting targeted MC deputies Sergio Torres and Elizabeth Montoya, whose status remained unconfirmed at last update.
- Mexico’s FGR determined the December 28 Tren Transístmico derailment was caused by excessive speed and detained the engineer on negligent-homicide charges, as President Claudia Sheinbaum detailed ongoing federal support and expedited reparations for victims.