DIRCOTE

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]

Dirección contra el terrorismo
("Counter-Terrorist Directorate")

DIRCOTE Seal
Agency overview
Preceding agency	DINCOTE
Jurisdiction	National
Headquarters	Lima, Peru
Agency executives	Max Orlando Anhuamán Centeno [1]
Parent agency	National Police of Peru
Child agency	GEIN (1990–1993)
Website

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

• DIRCOTE Museum