Lurigancho-Chosica: 61 arrested with ties to the Tren de Aragua crime group.

The Peruvian National Police (PNP) have arrested 61 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua, a criminal group of Venezuelan origin, which, according to investigators, is engaged in the collection of quotas for prostitutes and extortion of small businesses.

PNP the statement details that the operation took place in a building located in the Lurigancho-Chosica area, Lima department, and resulted in the arrest at the scene of the crime of 18 women and 43 men.

He clarified that, according to the information they had, they “are part of a branch of an international organization known as Aragua trainwho will operate in Peru on the orders of dangerous criminals from Venezuela.”

During the operation, added to the PNP, Eric Urbinathe alleged leader of the gang and known by the pseudonym “El Negro Gordo”, as well as his lieutenant Omelisa Regardizshe is Miley.

Drugs and firearms

Similarly, the servicemen seized a live grenade and a firearm, the latter with a four-round magazine and no serial number.

They also seized 30 plastic bags of marijuana and 10 more of cocaine, as well as a “large number” of plastic bags containing a synthetic drug known as Tusi.

Last November PNP And prosecution stopped at different points Lime 30 more alleged members of a criminal organization Gallegos trains Araguawhich is allegedly engaged in human trafficking, sexual exploitation, extortion and hired killers.

He Aragua train criminal group from the Venezuelan state of Aragua, which in recent years has extended its criminal activities to Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile And Bolivian.

(EFE)