The Rise and Fall of ‘El Peruano’: The Cocaine Kingpin of Rosario, Argentina

2024-03-15 18:44:03
Peruano was the main supplier of cocaine in Rosario, Argentina. atv

In just a couple of years, Julio Andrés Rodríguez Granthon made a name and status in the criminal world of Argentina, where he is known as ‘El Peruano’. Thanks to the way he carries himself, and the violence with which he acts, he has not only earned the respect of criminals, but he is considered the biggest cocaine kingpin in Rosario.

Rodríguez Granthon was born in 1993 in the constitutional province of Callao, a place that he holds in high esteem, and refers to with affection, because drugs often leave from its ports, while on other occasions he must take a long route in plane.

“Cocaine is brought precisely from the country where I come from by means of a small plane. From Peru they stop in Bolivia, from Bolivia they stop in Paraguay,” ‘El Peruano’ told the Clarín newspaper.

He is being held in the Marcos Paz prison in Buenos Aires because he was sentenced to 21 years in prison for homicide and illicit drug trafficking.

The criminal behavior in Rodríguez Granthon recently woke up. The breaking point was when he left Peru in 2017. At that time, at 24 years old, he arrived in the land of mate and tango with only one crime under his belt: driving while intoxicated, according to the Power record. Judicial.

Since then, every step he took helped him establish himself as the person who moves the largest amount of drugs in the city where Lionel Messi was born. He started as a cocaine and marijuana seller on the streets of the province of Corrientes until he became a real underworld character.

Now, at 31 years old, he is being held in the Marcos Paz prison in Buenos Aires, because he was sentenced to 21 years in prison for homicide and illicit drug trafficking. However, his captivity has not stopped his criminal activities.

Inside the penitentiary center he has set up his entire operations center so as not to stop his income, which amounts to 400 thousand dollars a month. This is the reason why he was classified as a “high-risk inmate” by the authorities.

Although he describes himself as an analytical and strategist person, his inner circle revealed that he is an extremely violent person and that many of his decisions are influenced by his anger.

“I always aimed at the price and not at the violence. By having a price, you grab customers. “I am an educated person, I don’t know why they call me a violent person,” he told the aforementioned media with the cynicism that characterizes him.

The presence of foreigners involved in crimes in Argentina is a phenomenon that includes citizens of various nationalities, including Peruvians. Crimes committed by Peruvian citizens in Argentina cover a range that does not differ substantially from those perpetrated by individuals of other nationalities, including everything from minor crimes to more serious crimes.

‘El Peruano’ became a commercial pilot in Argentina.

Due to the fame he has earned, and the business he is involved in, ‘El Peruano’ fears for his life and that of his family. Even more so because, at Marcos Paz, he shares a pavilion “with inmates who belong to the faction opposite to the one he came from.”

“That is bringing me a lot of problems. We do not have personal contact, but for many, the fact that I am with them in the same pavilion makes me a traitor, a toad (informer). “That puts me in danger,” he declared for Clarín.

“Having been a large-scale supplier, there are always opponents who offer a lot of money for one. Rumors reached me that they were offering 100 thousand dollars for my life. “You always want to eliminate competition and I was the thorn in the side of some people,” he added.

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