Nearly 400 people convicted in Peru over crimes linked to criminal networks

Peruvian prosecutors have secured convictions against 391 people for crimes linked to criminal networks over the past 10 months, while 472 others faced requests for preliminary judicial detention, Prosecutor General Tomás Gálvez said.

Between October 2025 and August, the Specialized Prosecutors’ Offices Against Organized Crime obtained 129 sentencing rulings. Twenty-eight of those rulings involved Lima, the capital where roughly a third of Peru’s population lives.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office also took part in 56 operations against organized crime during the period. Those operations led prosecutors to request preliminary detention for 472 people. Police support resulted in the capture of 135 suspects in Lima and 337 in other provinces.

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We continue working despite budget limitations.

Beyond the capital, the northern city of Trujillo has become a battleground for criminal groups linked to illegal mining, the article said. Armed illegal organizations including Los Pulpos operate there. The group has been linked to the recent kidnapping of a mining businessman and the killing of his four companions.

“We continue working despite budget limitations,” Gálvez said at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the specialized prosecutors’ offices. “The country’s two great evils at this moment are citizen insecurity caused by criminal organizations and the corruption that feeds it.” Jorge Chávez Cotrina, the senior prosecutor coordinating the system, stressed joint work with the National Police, continuing training on transnational networks and new investigative techniques aimed at securing exemplary punishments and dismantling complex organizations involved in extortion, kidnapping and related crimes.

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The country’s two great evils at this moment are citizen insecurity caused by criminal organizations and the corruption that feeds it.