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Boluarte promises to reduce citizen insecurity in Peru this year

The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, promised to reduce this year in a “considerable and significant” way the rates of citizen insecurity, by participating this Monday in the inauguration of laboratories of the Integrated System of Ballistic Identification of the National Police.
The head of state said that this 2025 her commitment will lead her to “intensify actions against crime,” after the National Police managed to arrest 362,000 criminals and dismantle 13,000 criminal gangs in 2024.
“This year every day will be dedicated to achieving the security of every Peruvian and we will also be in December celebrating that we have hit organized crime, advancing in having a safer homeland,” said Boluarte.
Peru and an investment with a view to boosting the fight against insecurity
The president indicated that the ballistic identification laboratories, modernized after eight years, will strengthen the fight of the National Police against crime.
“This repowering of this laboratory cost 21 million soles (5.5 million dollars), but it is not an effort, it is an investment to guarantee the security of the entire territory,” Boluarte added.
The president explained that this investment not only optimizes ballistic apperisats, but is a more agile system to prevent the misuse of weapons.
For the first time, the identification of weapons used in crimes and the registration of new weapons will be integrated, the president said.
A message for the country’s Justice
In that sense, Boluarte insisted that, with the integrated system, the Police will respond quickly to the requirements of the Prosecutor’s Office so that “criminals go to jail and do not release them.”
“Mr. judges and prosecutors, may criminals not return to the streets to commit crimes again,” said the president in a new criticism of the work of justice operators.
Boluarte pointed out that “there is much to do” in the fight against citizen insecurity, but that his government is concerned with giving the necessary logistics to the National Police, an institution he recognized for its work.
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Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids

Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
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Caracas shuts embassy in Oslo without explanation following Machado’s Nobel win

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“It is regrettable,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue with Venezuela open and will continue to work in that direction.” The ministry also emphasized that the Nobel Committee operates entirely independently from the Norwegian government.
In its announcement, the Nobel Committee stated that Machado met the criteria established by Alfred Nobel, “embodying the hope for a different future, where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are heard.”
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