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Peru Steps Up Flagrancy Justice With Police Training and Regional Coordination

The push aligns agencies under a national protocol to accelerate flagrancy cases.

Overview

  • La Libertad’s superior court opened a three-day course for PNP officers on handling crimes in flagrancy, led by court president Cecilia Milagros León Velásquez.
  • Judge Robert Mendieta Narro presented the interinstitutional protocol for Flagrancy Units in line with Supreme Decree No. 026-2025-JUS.
  • Ayacucho’s regional commission convened justice actors to unify intervention, referral and procedural criteria for high-incidence offenses.
  • The Ayacucho pilot prioritized drunk driving, theft and family-violence cases and reports 227 cases and 50 immediate-initiation proceedings since December 2025.
  • The National Council for Specialized Flagrancy Justice approved 2026 measures, including converting nine pilot units to model units, securing budget resources, enforcing Law 32348 and piloting the SIGEF system.