When questioned, Daniel C. claimed that he had been offered the position by his former lawyer. At first he didn’t accept it. But after a while, when his former business went bankrupt, he changed his plans. Then, he said, he began managing and controlling the collection of a kiosk franchise that was open 24 hours a day. Shortly after he started, he explained, he realized it wasn’t a task he could handle alone and called in his partner and his mother’s brother-in-law.
But for the federal judge of San Martín, Alicia Vence, based on the evidence collected in the file, Daniel C. is “linked to the activities of the criminal enterprise called the Villalba clan.” And the judge claimed: “In this particular case, it was determined that he (together with his partner and his mother’s brother-in-law) would take over the bookkeeping and accounting related to the marketing of narcotics” in the settlements of El 18, Curita and Puerta 8 in the San Martín districts of Buenos Aires.
This emerges from a decision to which he had access THE NATION where Judge Vence prosecuted Daniel C., his two main collaborators and four other suspects with preventive detention for the crimes of drug trafficking, aggravated by the involvement of three or more people organized for the commission and the possession of weapons and ammunition for war and civil purposes.
When the judge cited the Villalba clan, she was referring to the Organization historically led by Miguel Ángel Villalbapopularly known as Mamelukes. This is the drug lord who at one point wanted to run for mayor of San Martín.
Last September, Mameluco Villalba, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence, was charged with marketing cocaine mixed with carfentanil, which resulted in 24 deaths and 80 hospitalizations. One of the sales points for the “ugly drug,” as the suspects themselves called it at the time, was the Puerta 8 settlement in Tres de Febrero, a place where the now accused also worked.
“With regard to the defense submissions of the defendants (regarding Daniel C. and his two main associates), I am of the opinion that the amply assembled group of defendants destroys any possible defense attempt, which was undoubtedly aimed at improving their compromised procedural situation. At this point I can easily conclude that, although they were responses to the work they did and the way in which they organized it, the truth and concreteness is that their statements are disingenuous by indicating that the accounting was carried out “In this sense, Daniel C., who claimed to be responsible for it, could not indicate which chain this commercial item would be and/or indicate the contact information he had and from whom he would have received instructions,” stated Judge Vence in the above-mentioned resolution, which also bears the court’s signature Criminal Secretary Hernán Roncaglia.
The suspects were arrested in a police raid in the middle of last month. General Directorate of Drug Control Hidrovía del Paraná des Superintendence investigations into drug trafficking des Argentine Federal Police (PFA).
Judge Vence defined as “criminal task” the illegal activities of the suspects. When the defendants were arrested, they were kidnapped by police officers nine kilos of cocaineten marijuana, 100 cans of Tusi, synthetic drug, also known as pink cocaine, $490,000 (Money kept safe pending determination of whether it is the product of drug trafficking), $14,683,500two bulletproof vests, a tactical police vest, five pistols, three revolvers and ammunition
As reported THE NATION At the time of the suspects’ arrest, the criminal organization’s drug trade was carried out in 12-hour shifts, during which 10,000,000 pesos were collected.
The PFA’s raids uncovered the unique hiding place of the narcotics and money: fake storm drains.
“In fact, I consider that the involvement of the defendants in the operation disclosed, as well as the role played by each of them in the provision, fractionation, transport and assembly of the doses of the prohibited substance for subsequent marketing, including the movement of the amount of money collected, has been proven, which undoubtedly reflects the dimensions of the criminal organization to which they belong,” explained Judge Vence when arraigning the suspects.
How he was able to reconstruct THE NATION Judicial sources indicate that the investigation that led to the raids and the arrest of the suspects began last April with a money transfer received from an agent working in Department 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service (SPF) in the town of Rawson, where Mameluco Villalba was housed at the time.
“The money as ‘compensation’ for the prison officer who was sent to prison, cell phones, chips, sodas, beer, pills and cigarettes for Mameluco,” judicial sources recalled.
The investigation then focused on determining the relationship of the person who transferred the money to the criminal organization historically led by Mameluco Villalba. This is Daniel C., the suspect who is now being charged.
“The procedures (from the middle of last month) They began by intercepting two vehicles while exchanging bags in the central area of San Martín. There were packages of banknotes in the bags. It was about collecting a shift from three drug stands: $10,000,000.”judicial sources said at the time.
According to court documents, the money was divided into packages, each containing banknotes such as “fina,” “jama,” “tusi,” and “curita.”
For Judge Vence and Secretary Roncaglia, “fina” is what the suspects called cocaine and jama, marijuana. Pavement for one of the settlements where the gang operates.
“The role of each of the remaining defendants has been proven, including the fact that the maneuvers were carried out in an organized and joint manner and were aimed at the acquisition, collection, transfer, fractionation and marketing of narcotics and even the movement of the money acquired for them. In addition, it is clear at first glance that the cans in the storage areas – ready for sale – have similar characteristics, whether due to their packaging or their colors, which proves – even more – that all the defendants “worked under a common roof.” denominator, i.e.
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