on february 19 of 2009, president alan garcía appointed her minister of the interior. as such she was in charge of the police forces that were sent to the amazon region of bagua to repress natives who were protesting against the government that was giving away their ancestral lands to foreign corporations for oil drilling, mining and logging. as a result of the violent intervention of the heavily armed police and military forces over 50 natives were killed and nearly 200 wounded. as minister of the interior she gave the order to attack the natives. she resigned alongside the prime minister yehude simon on july 11.