Prosecutor’s Office achieves preventive detention against 18 members of an alleged gang of extortionists linked to ‘drop by drop’ loans

The Criminal Prosecutor’s Office of Lima Norte managed to get the Judiciary to impose up to 18 months of preventive detention against members of an alleged criminal gang that would be dedicated to extortion, in the ‘drop by drop’ modality, who were detained during the intervention of three apartments of the Torres del Campo condominium, in the Comas district.

The measure was imposed against Yonatan Ríos Giraldo, who would operate with a network of collectors and was intervened in a first property where cash, a weapon, explosives, drugs, cell phones, notebooks with notes, among others, were found.

Meanwhile, for Lenin Delgado García, William Maestre Betancouth, José Gonzales Nieves, José Pérez Betancur, Michell Ramírez Moncayo and Bracia Herrera Madge, detained on the same property, 15 months of preventive detention were issued.

While Jairo La Rosa Barreto, Gustavo González Rodríguez, Owen Vergara Moncayo, Alejandro Quintana Ramírez and Ever Rincón Carbajal, the same measure was imposed for a period of 12 months.

All of them are investigated for the alleged commission of the crimes of aggravated extortion, criminal gang, illegal shared possession of a firearm and explosive materials, and possession of drugs for trafficking purposes.

However, Juan Castrillón Acosta, who was intervened in a second property where S/ 19,850 in cash and a series of elements that would link him to the first property was found, was imposed 15 months of preventive detention for the crime of aggravated extortion. and criminal gang.

During the intervention of a third property, no solid elements were found to link the occupants with the alleged gang. However, five people who were at the front of the condominium were detained, who had been waiting for their turn to enter the first property. They were identified as Luissanyerlin Tovar Alcalá, John Aranzazu Jaramillo, Carolina Ocampo Londoño, Irene Henao Henao and Brainer Gudiño Narváez; who were identified as collectors of the gang, for which they are being investigated for the crimes of aggravated extortion and criminal gang, with preventive detention measures of between 15 and 18 months being ordered for them.

According to the first investigations, the gang’s modus operandi consisted of lending money with high interest, and when they finished the payment or failed to comply with the daily quota, they unilaterally imposed new amounts. To do this, they would have arranged the positions of money owner and collectors, with the first being the one who provides the cash, while the second collects, harasses, threatens and attacks the victims.

It should be noted that the prosecutor in charge of the case will appeal the 12-month preventive detention so that the court extends the period and can guarantee an adequate amount of time for the development of the investigations.

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