“Sicariato is the visible face of organized crime in Peru,” said former Interior Minister Ruben Vargas.

Ruben Vargas Cespedes, a former minister of the interior, analyzed the progress of the hitmen in Peru. In this regard, he stated that this criminal activity is the visible face of a larger problem: organized crime.

“Organized Crime in Peru fueled by the illegal economy such as drugs spreading, human trafficking, smuggling, illegal logging and mining” Vargas Cespedes pointed out in an interview in Space background theme from RPP News.

He also specified that hitman It is also related to territorial control, as hitmen are an armed wing used by criminal groups to counter other gangs or social forces.

“Right now in Lime there is a silent war going on for control of the streets, whether through extortion from official or unofficial merchants. There is a war going on to control human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and for this they use great violence, with the help of which they seek to establish their hegemony in the streets of the city, ”he said.

ruben vargas recommended strengthening police intelligence systems To effectively curb growth organized crime and as a consequence hitman.

“There must be a strategy that necessarily includes the strengthening of police intelligence, there must be joint work between the specialized police and the prosecutor’s office, as if they were part of the same structure,” he said.

Finally, he explained that articulated work must be done with National Penitentiary Institute (INPE), because “prisons are the base of operations for criminal organizations, these are places where killers ask to execute their victims.”