Humala Appoints New Police Chief in Major Shake-Up

President Ollanta Humala has appointed a new police chief and sent 30 police generals into early retirement, in a bid to curtail police corruption and restructure the force to make it more effective and efficient. The new director of Peru’s National Police, Raul Salazar, said that he will take “drastic” measures to end corruption. “I have instructions [...]

Peru Ombudsman urges new Minister of Interior to stamp out police bribery

Peru’s public ombudsman, Beatriz Merino, has called on the new minister of the Interior, Mercedes Cabanillas, to eliminate bribery at police stations and stamp out mistreatment of the public. Merino’s announcement was in response to Cabanillas’ request, made when she was sworn in as minister Thursday, that the Public Ombudsman office work jointly with the [...]