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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Headquarters | Lima, Peru |
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| Parent agency | National Police of Peru |
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The Counter-Terrorist Directorate (Spanish: Dirección contra el terrorismo, known as DIRCOTE) is the counterterrorism branch of the National Police of Peru (PNP) that is responsible for Peru's tactical counterterrorism law enforcement.[2]
The Special Intelligence Group (GEIN), a former unit of DIRCOTE, is known for having carried out the capture of the Shining Path leader Abimael Guzmán on September 12, 1992.[3] For this and other achievements, the group's former members were declared "Heroes of Democracy" by Peru's Congress in 2017.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Designan a Max Anhuamán, exjefe de la Dircote, como nuevo director ejecutivo de la DINI [RS 002-2025-PCM]". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ↑ "Vladimir Cerrón threatens the head of the Dircote: "We will see each other in judicial courts"". Infobae Newsroom (in European Spanish). 23 April 2022.
- ↑ Colchado Huamani, Harvey Julio. Mejorar las investigaciones policiales desarrolladas por las unidades especializadas de investigación criminal de la PNP en los megaoperativos, en la lucha contra el crimen organizado vinculado a las principales economías ilegales del país, durante el periodo agosto 2016 - abril 2020 (PDF) (Thesis). Lima: PUCP. p. 80.
- ↑ "Ley No 30655: Ley que declara Héroes de la Democracia a los miembros del Grupo Especial de Inteligencia GEIN - DIRCOTE - PNP". El Peruano. 2017-09-06.
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