The leader of the organizationthe pandas”, as well as the gunsmith and the banker of the gang, were arrested this morning in Arecibo during three interventions carried out by the Intelligence and Arrest Bureau and the Drug Bureau, attached to the new Superintendence of Special Operations from Policeman.
Jonathan Serrano Martinez, alias “Panda”; Alex González Moreno (the banker) and Joel Arnaldo Rivera Olmo (the gunsmith) belonged to the dangerous criminal organization to which multiple violent deaths, drug trafficking crimes and firearms trafficking schemes are attributed, including weapons altered to shoot in automatic.
“The Arecibo Intelligence section, led by Lieutenant Velazquez García, carried out a work plan in which they processed two search warrants in the Sabana Hoyos neighborhood, Candelaria plots, in Arecibo. Panda, 40, who is a resident of the place, was arrested there, ”explained the captain. Luis Diaz Muñozwho heads the Bureau of Intelligence and Arrests.
“In total there were three raids, the third was in charge of Drugs, but they are all part of the same mission, because they are people who belong to the same organization”abounded.
“Panda”, 40, was arrested at his residence in the Candelaria parcels in Arecibo, while González Moreno, 48, who was on state probation for the Arms Law, was arrested in Sabana Hoyos, in the same town. . Rivera Olmo, 38, was also arrested at his house in the same town hall, located in Olmos alley in the Bajadero neighborhood.
Serrano Martínez has nothing to do with the gunman Kevin Rodriguez, arrested last Mayand who was also criminally known as “Panda”.
“They are two different people, because Serrano Martínez was the leader of this organization in Arecibo and that gunman was linked to the gang that Tuntún (Delwin Berríos) runs in Yabucoa,” Díaz Muñoz explained.
At Serrano Martínez’s residence, the agents seized cash, firearms (including a Glock pistol modified to fire automatically), ammunition and chargers, as well as military vests used for camouflage, drugs and a telescopic sight.
Even, He had a bullet-proof vest that read DEA (the acronym in English for the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States) on the back and a blue coat that had letters that read “Police” and the forged Uniformed logo..
As for González Moreno, the captain specified that 1,893 pills and $19,640 in cash were seized.
Meanwhile, the commander Wilson Lebron Otanofrom the Drug Bureau, explained that Rivera Olmo was seized with multiple pieces of evidence, including a UZI machine gun.
An UZI firearm is a compact machine gun created in Israel and manufactured under license by five different companies. It can fire semi-automatically (one bullet each time the trigger is pulled) or fully automatic, at a rate of regarding 600 to 1,500 rounds per minute (Rounds per Minute), depending on the model.
Any person with possession of this firearm is committing a crime, since it is a firearm that fires automatically from its manufacture.
Even being a 1940 design, spare parts are plentiful and it allows civilian versions (which only fire semi-automatically) to be converted to full-auto with relative ease.
“There (at Rivera Olmo’s residence) four assault rifles, two shotguns, a UZI machine gun, two pistols and a revolver, a lot of ammunition and a lot of controlled substances were seized. He was an investigation figure for the transfer of controlled substances, firearms and violent activities in the area. The seized pieces of evidence are going to be analyzed in order to link them to some of the crimes in that area.”, pointed out Lebrón Otaño.
A fourth person arrested during the raids was Rosemarie Castro Ramos, partner of the gunsmith.
The interventions had the collaboration of the K-9 and Strike Force units.
The evidence seized will be consulted with the Arecibo Prosecutor’s Office for the filing of criminal charges.
