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The Minister of the Interior, Víctor Torres Falcon, said today that the changes in the General Command of the National Police of Peru are aimed at revitalizing the strategies of struggle in favor of citizen security at the national level. "The police need a refreshment, we can't keep doing more of the same. This change will give vitality to the police so that they can face the problem of citizen insecurity more strongly," he said during his presentation at the Second Extraordinary Session of the Commission on National Defense, Internal Order, Alternative Development and the Fight Against Drugs of Congress.
Minister Torres Falcón said that the strategic adjustments do not seek to dent the institutionality of the National Police and clarified that the process has been carried out within the framework of the law. Torres Falcón said that the appointment of General Víctor Zanabria as General Commander of the National Police of Peru was decided respecting the hierarchical cadre in order of seniority and that "the morale of the Police remains high."
During his presentation at the Extraordinary Session of the National Defense Commission, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also spoke about various actions carried out by his sector to strengthen citizen security in the border area with Ecuador. He pointed out that in coordination with the PNP, security was reinforced with personnel from different units of the Tumbes Police Front such as USE, Divincri, Fronteras, and from the Zarumilla, Aguas Verdes and Papayal police stations.
He reported that for this purpose, 98 members of the National Directorate of Police Operations (DIREOP) were deployed as support, who have been carrying out daily police operations aimed at destroying informal artisanal bridges, located along the international canal, specifically in the sectors of Tomás Arizola, La sal and Loma Saavedra.
Likewise, he stressed that police interventions against smuggling and the irregular entry of foreigners have been intensified thanks to the increase in foot and motorized patrols and the installation of fixed checkpoints 24 hours a day. Minister Torres Falcón was accompanied by the new PNP Commander General, PNP Gen. Victor Zanabria Angulo, and the National Superintendent of Migration, Armando García Chunga.
