{"id":161175,"date":"2026-09-15T23:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/fredy-lopez-mendoza-takes-over-as-new-pnp-chief-following-arriolas-departure\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T23:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:50:16","slug":"fredy-lopez-mendoza-takes-over-as-new-pnp-chief-following-arriolas-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/fredy-lopez-mendoza-takes-over-as-new-pnp-chief-following-arriolas-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Fredy L\u00f3pez Mendoza takes over as new PNP chief following Arriola&#8217;s departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes in police leadership: Fredy L\u00f3pez Mendoza assumes the General Command of the PNP<\/h2>\n\n<p>This Wednesday, September 16, the President of the Republic, Keiko Fujimori, will preside over the official relief ceremony at the general command of the National Police of Peru (PNP). The event, scheduled for 09:40 hours at the PNP Higher Technical Professional Education School in Puente Piedra, will mark the beginning of the tenure of Lieutenant General Fredy L\u00f3pez Mendoza, who will replace General \u00d3scar Arriola in the position.<\/p>\n\n<p>The protocol ceremony will be attended by the Minister of the Interior, C\u00e9sar Astudillo, along with vice ministers and members of the Police High Command. This change of command comes at a critical moment for the institution, marked by significant challenges in terms of citizen security, the fight against extortion, and the struggle against criminal organizations.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trajectory of the new commander general<\/h3>\n\n<p>Fredy L\u00f3pez Mendoza, an officer from the 1990 graduating class, reaches the top leadership of the Police after serving since January 2026 as Chief of the General Staff of the PNP. With more than three decades of experience, his profile stands out for his extensive background in operational areas, criminal investigation, and administrative management.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Anti-Corruption Directorate.<\/li><li>National Criminal Investigation Directorate.<\/li><li>Police Aviation Directorate.<\/li><li>Executive Secretariat of the PNP.<\/li><li>Headquarters of the Madre de Dios Police Region.<\/li><li>Deputy Police Attach\u00e9 at the Embassy of Peru in Spain.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Context of \u00d3scar Arriola&#8217;s departure<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u00d3scar Arriola&#8217;s departure comes amidst a backdrop of public questioning. Various investigations have pointed to frequent meetings between the former general commander and Jasmin Katherine La Rosa Ramos, alias \u201cLa Gringa,\u201d an alleged member of the criminal organization \u201cLa Jaur\u00eda,\u201d which is dedicated to contract killing and extortion in Trujillo.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">Official records indicate that La Rosa Ramos entered the police headquarters at least ten times during the last year, highlighting five visits to Arriola&#8217;s office that lasted for more than eight hours, without any public explanations being offered regarding the reason for these meetings.<\/p>\n<cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Challenges in the face of the insecurity crisis<\/h3>\n\n<p>The new police command assumes its duties under intense social pressure due to the increase in crime. According to recent figures, the country has recorded 248 homicides between July 28 and September 11, a period that coincides with the first weeks of the current government administration. L\u00f3pez Mendoza&#8217;s management will be key to determining the new strategies that the institution will implement to regain citizen trust and curb the advance of organized crime in the national territory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes in police leadership: Fredy L\u00f3pez Mendoza assumes the General Command of the PNP This Wednesday, September 16, the President of the Republic, Keiko Fujimori, will preside over the official relief ceremony at the general command of the National Police of Peru (PNP). The event, scheduled for 09:40 hours at the PNP Higher Technical Professional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[9806,13205,15939,4006],"class_list":{"0":"post-161175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-commander","9":"tag-pnp","10":"tag-relay","11":"tag-security"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}