The US government designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do little to defeat them.

At an event prior to the <a href=" 61st Munich Security Conference, <a href=" Foreign Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer reported on the actions Peru is implementing against transnational organized crime —one of the Government's key policies— such as promoting intelligence coordination mechanisms and consolidating integration initiatives.

The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U_S_ to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”

The Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group presented its progress and results in prosecuting corruption crimes by public officials, money laundering, offenses against the administration of justice,

The expansion of Tren de Aragua left women in Peru at the mercy of the criminal group, which extorts, exploits, and murders them.