The leader of the criminal organization the Tren de Aragua in Chile and in command of more than a hundred members in that country was captured early Saturday morning in a municipality in northeastern Colombia during a joint operation between the police of both countries, reported the authorities.
The Aragua Train emerged more than a decade ago as a gang in a prison in Venezuela and was classified in July by the United States as a transnational criminal structure that represents a “growing threat” to the entire region due to its accelerated expansion throughout the hemisphere. western.
The arrest of Carlos Francisco Gómez Moreno, “alias Bobby”, head of the multinational gang in Chile, was initially announced by President Gustavo Petro through his X account, formerly Twitter. It occurred in the Los Patios municipality, in the Norte de Santander department.
Later, the Colombian police confirmed in a statement that Gómez Moreno, who had a red Interpol notice, is a trusted man of the top leader of the Aragua Train, Héctor el “Niño” Guerrero, who escaped from a dangerous Venezuelan prison ago. more than a year.
Meanwhile, alias “Bobby” fled Chile three months ago, where he had some “120 criminals” under his command, who promoted kidnapping, selective homicides and drug trafficking in that country, the statement added. In the coming days he will be sent to Chile, Colombian police said.
A video attached to the message from the Colombian president shows images of the police officers entering a residence where the man and a companion were. Subsequently, the detainee is transferred with his hands handcuffed to police facilities.
The Aragua Train is accused of criminal activities such as human trafficking, money laundering, illicit drug trafficking, illegal mining, kidnapping, extortion, among others.
The United States Department of State offered a reward totaling up to $12 million for information leading to the capture and conviction of several of its ringleaders.
In mid-November, Jeison Alexander Lorca Salazar, alias “Jeison Comino”, was also captured in the northeast of Colombia, whom Colombian authorities identified as one of the leaders of that organization and who had an international arrest warrant for terrorism, association for aggravated crime, trafficking in weapons, ammunition and extortion.
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