 DIRCOTE Seal | |
| Agency overview | |
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Preceding agency |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Headquarters | Lima, Peru |
Agency executives |
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Parent agency | National Police of Peru |
Child agency |
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| Website | [1] |
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
References
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.