42. Reports were received of the death of a Spaniard, killed and robbed by a watchman. Moreover, of the 69 attacks on transvestites,  transgenders  or  transsexuals  investigated  by Runa in 2006, 52 were committed by watchmen.^[1] Because local taxes vary from municipality to municipality, the rich ones have better protection, which is against the universal principle of non-discrimination in the right to security. In addition, the lack of any overall civic security policy means that each of Peru’s 1,600 districts has a different strategy. The State is thus abdicating its duty to protect its citizens.

Link to full text of the report: Mission report-WG Mercenaries-Peru-2008-eng