Peru’s Show-Of-Force, Fujimori Creates Joint Command to Combat Organized Crime
LIMA, PERU — Peru’s President Keiko Fujimori announced a Unified Command, the “Combined Forces for the Fight Against Organized Crime,” on October 7, integrating the Armed Forces and National Police into a force of about 1,350 personnel.
The command is meant to carry out joint search-and-capture operations, retake control of the prisons and cut off inmates’ communications, with a Special Commission Against Crime coordinating ministries, intelligence units and telecom firms.
The government has not published an operational plan and has not explained how the command relates to the emergency structure set up in Lima and Callao in August, but it expects results by 2027 if Congress grants the legislative powers it has requested.
U.S. Forces Join Ecuador Raids on Alleged CJNG Network
GUAYQUIL — Ecuadorian police, backed by about 50 U.S. Southern Command soldiers and DEA agents, raided properties in Guayas, Los Ríos and El Oro last month, and dismantled what authorities describe as a cocaine network tied to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
It was the first time U.S. troops took part directly in raids in Ecuador, and a judge ordered 36 people held in pretrial detention on organized crime charges, with officials saying some may face extradition to the United States.
Ecuador says the network shipped Colombian cocaine through Guayaquil and Machala to Central America, the U.S. and Europe, though the CJNG link is the government’s claim and remains to be proven in court.
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