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Minister Walter Astudillo oversees operations from Las Palmas Air Base. The National Government, through the Ministry of Defense, ordered the deployment of personnel and mobile units of the Armed Forces to support the National Police in guaranteeing constitutional order and the integrity of the citizens in Lima and Callao, within the framework of the strike called for today.
From the Las Palmas Air Base, in Santiago de Surco, where he will conduct a reconnaissance flight, the head of the Defense sector, Walter Astudillo Chavez, together with the head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Army General David Ojeda Parra, has been supervising the development of the operations aimed at ensuring order and free transit of the citizens.
The joint work, coordinated by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, allowed the deployment of more than 3,900 troops, in addition to mobile and fixed patrols at strategic points in various districts, such as Los Olivos, San Martin de Porres, Comas, San Juan de Lurigancho and Lurigancho-Chosica, among others. The intervention of the police and military forces was carried out in areas with a high level of insecurity in the aforementioned districts, such as the Unicachi market, Caqueta oval, Naranjal oval, Nana bus stop, Tomas Valle, and others, where the deployed troops assisted in the identity check in order to identify potential suspects. In addition, a total of 38 Armed Forces buses (18 from the Army, 10 from the Navy and 10 from the Air Force) were deployed in different points of the capital to ensure the safe transportation of all citizens who had difficulty moving.
These buses were arranged for the free transportation of the population in Santa Anita, Ancon, Collique, San Martin de Porres, Chorrillos, Villa El Salvador, San Borja and Santiago de Surco, ensuring that the country does not stop. With these measures, National Government, through the Ministry of Defense, reaffirms its commitment to the security and well -being of citizenship, guaranteeing order and peace in the streets.
