The Executive extends the crime emergency in Pisco by 60 days

The Executive Branch extended the state of emergency for sixty (60) calendar days in the districts of Pisco and San Andrés of the province of Pisco, department of Ica, starting November 19, 2026. The decision was formalized through Supreme Decree No. 151-2026-PCM, published in the Legal Norms section of the official newspaper El Peruano on Saturday, November 14, 2026, with the approval of the Senate of the Republic and the approving vote of the Council of Ministers. The regulation bears the endorsement of six ministers and was issued at the Government House on November 12, 2026, by President Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi.

The extension is based on numeral 1 of article 137 of the Political Constitution of Peru, which empowers the Presidency of the Republic to decree a state of emergency for a determined period and require the approval of the Senate to extend it. The direct precedent is Supreme Decree No. 132-2026-PCM, published on September 19, 2026, which declared the measure for the first time and for an equal period in both jurisdictions.

The request originated from the General Command of the National Police of Peru through Official Letter No. 1092-2026-CG PNP/SEC, dated November 3, 2026, supported by two police intelligence reports and Opinion No. 1689-A-2026-SECEJE PNP/DIRASJUR-DIVDJPN, dated November 2. The Executive justified the continuity of the measure based on “the persistence of criminal action and violence employed in various criminal modalities (homicides, extortions, among other crimes and other situations of violence).”

Police in command and Armed Forces in support

The National Police of Peru maintains control of internal order and determines the intervention zones based on intelligence, indicators, statistics, and crime maps. The Armed Forces act in support, providing intelligence, tactical logistical support, transport, aerial surveillance, and deployment of special forces from the Peruvian Army, the Peruvian Navy, and the Peruvian Air Force.

The intervention of both institutions is governed by Legislative Decree No. 1186 and its regulation approved by Supreme Decree No. 012-2016-IN for the Police, and by Legislative Decree No. 1095 and its regulation (Supreme Decree No. 003-2020-DE) for the Armed Forces.

Restricted rights and mass activities

During the validity of the extension, the exercise of four constitutional rights is suspended or restricted:

• Inviolability of the home (numeral 9 of article 2 of the Constitution).
• Freedom of movement throughout the national territory (numeral 11).
• Freedom of assembly (numeral 12).
• Personal liberty and security (numeral 24, paragraph f).

Religious, cultural, sporting, and non-sporting activities of a massive and public nature will require prior permission from the competent authorities, in accordance with Supreme Decree No. 002-2018-PCM; those that are not of a massive nature may be carried out without prior authorization.

Commands, reservation of information, and accountability

Within 24 hours of coming into effect, the Unified Operational Coordination Command (CCO), the PNP – FFAA Unified Command against Organized Crime, and the district coordination, intelligence, oversight, and strategic communication committees must be established. Information regarding patrols and operations is classified as reserved in accordance with Law No. 27806, Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information.

The CCO must inform the head of the Ministry of the Interior, through the General Command of the PNP, regarding the results obtained within five business days following the end of the extension; the final report is submitted to the Presidency of the Republic. Financing shall be covered by the institutional budget of the involved entities.

The regulation also modifies Article 5 of Supreme Decree No. 132-2026-PCM to incorporate the PNP – FFAA Unified Command against Organized Crime as an integrated task force, with functions for recovering territorial control and articulating tactical and intelligence capabilities, under the strategic direction of the Ministry of the Interior and the operational leadership of the National Police of Peru.

The impact for the residents of Pisco and San Andrés is direct: for 60 days, their rights to transit, assembly, and domicile are subject to the regime of exception, in a context of extortions and homicides that the Police themselves qualify as an affectation of internal order. The extension prolongs the police-military deployment in the province until mid-January 2027, without the decree including verifiable crime reduction goals.

Source: El Peruano, Legal Norms, Saturday, November 14, 2026, p. 5 (official reference: 2574991-1, Supreme Decree No. 151-2026-PCM).