In a transnational operation of the Anti-narcotics police and the Public Prosecutor ‘s Office, in cooperation with the to give and authorities of Peru, obtained the capture of six people requested in extradition, among them, one of the ex-partners of the ex-head of the cartel of Medellín, Pablo Escobar.
The captures were in Bogota and Lima and in them fell the Bolivian Jorge Roca Suárez, ‘Thatched roof‘, As Escobar’s partner was known. Next to him Roberto Moisès Banzer, Jheyson Montaño Fernández, Ómar Rojas Echeverría, César Ómar Cuéllar Pérez, all of Bolivian nationality, and Ròmul Ramírez Rodríguez, Peruvian, were arrested.
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The six, police say, formed an international organization dedicated to moving large cargoes of cocaine des Bolivia and Peru, Using high-end aircraft departing from clandestine runways in northern Bolivia to Central America with final destination in EE. UU., and using official officials to facilitate the entry and exit of aircraft.
These people were brought to justice by the U.S. authorities for crimes of illicit drug trafficking and firearms trafficking.
‘Thatched roof‘, Known within the organization as the leader and alleged perpetrator of the drug shipment, was also considered one of the largest drug traffickers in Bolivia and for the 80s was one of the main partners of the’ Medellín poster.
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At the time, ‘Sostre de Palla’, 69 years old, was considered the largest Bolivian drug trafficker. He is the nephew and successor of the narco Roberto Suárez, known in Bolivia as the ‘King of cocaine ‘.
His capture took place on March 9 in the district of Miraflores, in Lima (Peru), and according to the newspaper the Trade, he offered no resistance, but tried to identify himself with a false document like Jorge Rivero Saavedra.
According to this media outlet, Roca had returned to crime during the Pandemic of covid19, in 2020, by coordinating the shipment of drugs they were moving from Peru to Bolivia, then to Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and finally to the United States.
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‘Straw Roof’ paid a 28-year sentence in the United States since December 13, 1990 for drug trafficking, but in April 2018, after finishing his sentence in that country, he was sent to the prison of Sant Pere de la Pau, in Bolivia, to serve a sentence of 15 years in prison for drug trafficking.
After spending a few months in this prison, and then receiving house arrest, he applied for permission to receive medical care at a health center., From where he fled on December 7, 2018.
He had not been heard from again until, thanks to the monitoring of the United States, the National Police of Peru and Colombia, his recapture was achieved.
The others captured
As for the other noted members of the criminal network, the Anti-narcotics police report that Ómar Rojas is known to have worked for the Bolivian National Police to the rank of major, where he obtained contacts to facilitate the entry of aircraft into clandestine runways in the department of Beni (Bolivia), where they were loaded with narcotics, and coordinated drug shipments with Peruvian drug traffickers and Mexican cartels .
Roberto Banzer, for his part, was in charge of leading the supply of drugs with laboratories in Bolivia and Peru. These laboratories had the capacity to produce more than 10 tons weekly and were located in the northern part of Bolivia on the border with Brazil and Peru. That is why they were strategic points to facilitate the transport and shipment of the alkaloid.
For their part, Jheyson Montaño, César Cuéllar and Ròmul Ramírez had logistical functions in sending the cocaine shipments.
* With information from EL COMERÇ-GDA
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