Like a veritable action hero, Peru's interim president rolls up his sleeves to take part in nighttime raids on prisons and in the street, always making sure his bravado is captured on camera.

Jose Jeri -- barred from seeking election next year due to a constitutional one-term limit -- has made crime the focus of what will be a short presidency ending in July.

As the 39-year-old seeks to stabilize a government rocked by anti-crime protests and political turmoil that led to the ouster last month of his predecessor, Dina Boluarte, Jeri has opted for a tough approach to what many perceive to be the country's biggest challenge: crime.

"We are in the streets, on the ground," the former speaker of Congress boasted during a recent operation, insisting that finally a government was "addressing t

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