An investigation made it possible to dismantle complex logistics for the transport and distribution of narcotics. The case concerns a merchant and his model partner as the alleged leader of the Drug criminal organization based in Jumpwhich was dedicated to human trafficking Stimulants between Oran and the provincial capital.
According to the official website of the Public Prosecutor’s Officeas part of a series of short trials approved between October and November this year Federal Oral Court No. 1 of Salta imposed penalties of up to 7 years in prison for those involved.
On November 25, Judge Mario Marcelo Juárez Almaraz ruled Benjamin Michel Delgado to 7 years in prison for aggravated transport of narcotics and resisting the authorities.
Previously, on October 28, judges sentenced Juárez Almaraz, Marta Liliana Snopek and Gabriela Elisa Catalano Jose Burgos He was sentenced to five years in prison for possession of narcotics for marketing purposes. They declared him a repeat offender and ordered the confiscation of 7 million pesos intended to pay for the seized drugs. On the same day, Roberto Carlos Leiton He received a four-year sentence for aggravated promotion and resisting authority.
Two other members of the gang were convicted in September. Juan Alberto Romero By order of Federal Guarantee Judge No. 2, Mariela Giménez, he received six years in prison for aggravated transportation and resisting authorities.
In the case of Angela CuencaThe investigating judge, Rabbi Baldi Cabanillas, approved an agreement that places him under house arrest because he is responsible for three minor children, one of whom has a disability.
The investigation is coordinated by the public prosecutor Eduardo Villalba and the tax assistant Florence Altamiranobegan in November last year, according to a report by the Airport security police based on data from an anonymous informant.
The decisive operation took place on February 5, when the prosecutor’s office ordered the arrest of the organization’s key members. On that day, the gang traveled in a Toyota Hilux truck and a Citroën C3 and used convoy mode with a “lead car” to evade checks. When the second vehicle noticed the police presence at the entrance to the city of Salta, it made a U-turn and more than fled 180 kilometers per hourthrew packages of drugs out of the windows.
The persecution extended to the San Juan de Dios farm in the province Jujuywhere police found the abandoned car and arrested Romero. Leiton and Delgado managed to escape but were later captured: Leiton on February 20 in Orán and Delgado on October 10 after an accident on Route 50. Burgos was captured in a simultaneous raid on February 5 while trying to escape from his home in the northern part of Salta. They were found in their possession 250 grams of marijuana and a bag containing the six million pesos intended to pay for the medication.
The structure of the organization, according to prosecutor Altamirano, was led by Gustavo Tolaba and his partner, the model Martina Olivawho coordinated the trips and negotiated the medicines with suppliers on the border with Bolivia in Aguas Blancas.
Oliva not only participated in the transfers, but also managed the finances and made millions of dollars in transfers to the transport companies. Cuenca, Delgado’s partner, facilitated communication between vehicles, while Leiton and Romero took turns acting as transporters and as supplier liaisons.
The band performed between October 2024 and the end of January 2025 31 tripsOf these, 28 were destined for the house in Burgos where the payment and distribution of the marijuana took place. The public prosecutor’s office emphasized that the transfers from Burgos that were received into Oliva’s family accounts reached millions.
While the leaders of Tolaba and Oliva await the oral and public hearing before the court Federal Oral Court No. 2 of Salta The case, scheduled for February 2026, reveals the complexity and scope of drug trafficking networks in northern Argentina and the coordination between security forces and the justice system to dismantle them.
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