2024-11-16 23:36:00
BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian police arrested members of the criminal organization Eltren de Ala, who held an international arrest warrant, in an operation involving police from both countries, President Gustavo Petro reported Saturday. A leader of Gua.
The report states that Jeison Alexander Lorca Salazar, also known as “Jason Comino”, is one of Venezuela’s most wanted fugitives for terrorism crimes, serious criminal gangs, and trafficking. Weapons, ammunition and racketeering charges.
According to reports, the person in charge of the Aragua train was arrested the day before in Los Santos, Santander Province, northwestern Colombia.
The Colombian Ministry of National Defense announced through the social network
The state department added that the ringleader would “be handed over to the authorities of neighboring countries” once the appropriate legal procedures are completed. Images carried by Colombian media showed the detainees being led away from the farm by police with their hands in handcuffs.
Train Aragua is a criminal group that has emerged from the Venezuelan state of the same name and has been around for more than a decade and is characterized by high levels of violence. It has grown with waves of millions of Venezuelans emigrating to Latin America and the United States.
The group’s top leader, Hector “El Niño” Guerrero, escaped from a dangerous Venezuelan prison more than a year ago, and authorities are offering a reward for information leading to his whereabouts.
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