📋 Tender Overview
Minister Walter Astudillo supervised the deployment of military troops from the Joint Command and conducted a flyover aboard an Army helicopter. In order to guarantee the tranquility and security of all citizens, the National Government, through the Ministry of Defense, ordered the deployment of a large contingent of military personnel and mobile units of the Armed Forces to support the National Police in the control of internal order, within the framework of the State of Emergency decreed by the National Government in fourteen districts of Lima and Callao.
From the headquarters of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, the head of the Defense sector, Walter Astudillo Chavez, supervised the deployment of personnel in the districts considered in Supreme Decree No. 100-2024-PCM. During the work session, reports were received from the 12 Operational Commands nationwide with the aim of articulating and unifying their actions. The head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Army General David Ojeda Parra, his General Staff and representatives of the National Police participated in the meeting.
Later, aboard an Air Force helicopter, the minister carried out a low-altitude reconnaissance flight to verify the movement of military personnel in the different districts of the capital, accompanied by the general commander of the II Army Division, Major General Julio Cesar Castaneda Zegarra.
The intersectoral work allowed the mobilization of military personnel belonging to the Operational Commands of the Center and Maritime, as well as the implementation of mobile and fixed patrols in strategic points of various districts such as Puente Piedra, Comas, Los Olivos, Independencia, San Juan de Lurigancho, Carabayllo, among others.
The military and police forces intervened in key areas of the aforementioned districts, such as the Huamantanga market, the Jazmines Paradero and Tomas Valle, safeguarding the free transit and tranquility of the population.
With these actions, the National Government, through the Ministry of Defense, reaffirms its commitment to the security and well-being of citizens, guaranteeing order and tranquility in public spaces.
