Peru Unveils Broad States of Emergency and New Governance Policies in September 5 Legal Package
On Saturday, September 5, 2026, the official gazette El Peruano published a sweeping set of legislative measures, headlined by sweeping states of emergency across 17 districts in the departments of Junín, Cusco, and Ayacucho, alongside critical security crackdowns in Piura and high-security prisons nationwide. The government's latest decree package aims to combat criminality while restructuring executive governance through 2031.
Targeted Emergency Decrees Span Junín, Cusco, Ayacucho, and Piura
Under Decreto Supremo Nº 125-2026-PCM, the executive branch declared a formal State of Emergency across specific high-risk districts to combat criminality. The affected zones include the districts of Pangoa and Río Tambo within the Satipo province of Junín; Megantoni, Kumpirushiato, Echarate, Villa Virgen, Villa Kintiarina, Manitea, Kimbiri, and Cielo Punco in the La Convención province of Cusco; and Ayna, Santa Rosa, Anchihuay, Río Magdalena, Samugari, Anco, and Unión Progreso in the La Mar province of Ayacucho.
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Simultaneously, Decreto Supremo Nº 126-2026-PCM extends emergency protocols to northern economic hubs. The measure blankets the districts of Piura, Castilla, Veintiséis de Octubre, and Catacaos in Piura province; Sullana and Bellavista in Sullana province; as well as the entire provinces of Paita and Talara.
National Penitentiary Lockdown and General Government Policy 2026-2031
Security measures extend far beyond public streets and remote valleys. Through Decreto Supremo Nº 128-2026-PCM, the administration declared an immediate State of Emergency across all high-security correctional facilities nationwide.
On the structural front, the executive branch formalized its macro-level roadmap via Decreto Supremo Nº 127-2026-PCM, approving the General Government Policy 2026–2031. Subtitled “Ordering the State to recover security, unblock growth, and convert public decisions into results,” the policy establishes the administrative framework for state intervention over the next five years.
Diplomatic and Administrative Appointees Take Office
Saturday's legal gazette also instituted several high-profile diplomatic and institutional appointments across international organizations and foreign missions. Jennifer Lizetti Contreras Álvarez was named Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and IFAD in Rome. Carlos Enrique Díaz Villanueva assumed the post at UNESCO in Paris, while José Francisco Recoba Martínez took charge of international organizations in Geneva.
On the bilateral front, Carlos Mario del Carmen Tubino Arias-Schreiber was appointed Ambassador to Argentina, Carlos Germán Augusto Amézaga Rodríguez was dispatched to Thailand, retired diplomat Carlos José Pareja Ríos was named Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, and Aurelio Pastor Valdivieso took the helm at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C.
