Governor of La Libertad asks to combat insecurity as it was fought once morest the coronavirus
Faced with the wave of violence in the north of the country, the regional governor of La Libertad, Manuel Llempen, asked the Executive to declare an emergency in the country due to insecurity and to combat this problem with a strong investment of budget and resources. humans, just as was done once morest the coronavirus.
In dialogue with El Comercio, Llempen criticized that the first 90 days of the State of Emergency in his region have been “a salute to the flag” because neither more police nor a budget were assigned. As he explained, recently the Ministry of the Interior has financed the sending of 300 policemen.
“Crime is also a pandemic. You can’t fight by sending 50 police officers to areas affected by illegal mining, drug trafficking or human trafficking for a few days. Thus, criminal organizations will continue to operate without control”, said Llempen, who a week ago sent a letter to President Pedro Castillo asking him to declare the country a national emergency due to insecurity.
In his opinion, just as it acted once morest the pandemic, the State must allocate all economic and human resources to confront criminals in the most dangerous areas.
“They have to invest in bringing in intelligence and investigation personnel, operational agents, buying vehicles, hiring retired police officers who worked in operational units. There is already a national policy, now what is missing is an action plan to deal with criminals. This problem cannot be expected to be solved by a municipality or a regional government buying 20 patrol cars. If nothing is done, robberies and crimes will continue to increase”, said the governor.
In Trujillo, he said, the problem is extortion. The construction companies that carry out the works financed by the regional government are receiving threats and are demanding quotas. There is also a land traffic problem. The gangs invade the lands of the Chavimochic special project at the height of Huanchaco, El Milagro and other sectors. “All these phenomena are generating a lot of crimes and that entrepreneurs are discouraged from investing here”.
