It is good to learn a little history to understand the present. there Lost memory In the history of the great national death. “Canchita Paraguay massacre”it was called. It happened more than 25 years ago, in February 1999, at 11/14/1 in Bajo Flores, when the villa was not yet gigantic. Four men were shot dead. A fifth was seriously injured. “Marcos” Estrada Gonzalez The main accused was along with two members of his old band Indigenous people of Peru. He was He was acquitted by Oral Court No. 8 At the request of the prosecutor: Witnesses to the incident repeatedly changed their stories.
The massacre, in reality, does not mean much to the majority. But in fact, It changed history forever Crime in Argentina
With a wave of bullets, Cocaine dealers in Peru He who arrived timidly in Buenos Aires took a step forward. So, They have dominated, sold and killed in the Argentine Republic for a quarter of a century.
“Rotti” Alionzo MarinosMarcos’ historical right-hand man tried to take revenge after being excluded from Bajo Flores’ business with… A second massacre: the massacre of the procession of the Lord of MiraclesIt was committed in October 2005, and ended with the killing of five people, including an eight-month-old child.
“Roti” finished. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison From prison. He never stopped: his departure from Bajo Flores Take him to Villa 31Where he became the founder of the drug trade. And there he collided Another alleged trafficker, Cesar Moran de la Cruz, “El Loco”More bloodthirsty than him.
These three leaders, He was repeatedly arrested, raided, tried and convictedIt was just the top of the pyramid. Beneath them lived hundreds of young soldiers, mules, lieutenants, husbands-turned-accomplices, and murderers, along with the addicts they enriched. Their business model has survived time and generations.
The fearsome “Dumbo” Martinez, the boss of the Padre Mujica neighborhood in Villa Lugano, thanks to his work. Traders and teenage militantswho was sentenced this year to 18 years in prison after escaping to Peru, is the son of the old third line of Estrada Gonzalez.
All this history of drug traffickers in Peru -At least this part- It looks more or less finished. Ruti was expelled from the country in 2018; Marcos in 2022 with a very expensive and amazing police operation. Cesar Moran is imprisoned in a prison in Chaco. Completing the story cost the Argentine state hundreds of millions. The amount of hours worked by police and judicial employees, and the resources invested, cannot be calculated. he The cost in ruined human lives – Victims of murderers and internecine wars, terrified neighbors, beaten and evicted, addicts turned into serfs – it was much worse.
now, Why did these Peruvian crime lords thrive on Capa to turn it into their fiefdom? Didn’t the authorities fight them in time? Did they just refuse to give up? The answer is simple: Both things.
today, More than 25 years later, this story can begin againin another way. Judicial and police officials were previously consulted information Agree on risks The second coming of the Peruvian underworld in Argentina. “There are new Peruvians working in Argentina, they have no doubt. They are already there,” says a senior source. Another adds: “The map is constantly changing.” To understand the problem, you just need to read the signs.
Davey Junior Romero O’LeanNicknamed “El Jorobado Deivi”, he was arrested on November 13 in Recoleta – the same day Peruvian justice issued an Interpol Red Notice against him – by Southern Anti-Kidnapping Division of the Buenos Aires Police.
Strictly speaking, PFA investigators have been pursuing him under the guidance of UFECO – the wing of the Public Prosecutor’s Office that investigates organized crime – since the middle of this year. After the Peruvian police revealed their presence In the country.
“The Hunchback” who lived in Argentina for three years, He had an ID number of 96 million and a ghost address Registered in a small house on General Rodriguez on a dirt street, where he never lived. I alternated between Apartments in Recoleta pay in dollarswith dinner in Palermo and excursions to Mendoza and Iguazu Falls.
For the Peruvian justice, “Hunchback Davey”, as stated in its red circular, is President of Los CompadresA A scary gang from the Trujillo region Dedicated to killing his enemies.
The Second Supraregional Collegiate Criminal Court of La Libertad accuses him of The intellectual author of the murder of four rivals from Trujillo’s underworldWith partners like Jimmy, Larry Valderrama and the mysterious “dry stool”with shooting attacks on motorcycles and shootings at restaurants committed between January and May 2022.
He was immediately arrested in Peru. And remember the local press His alleged involvement in the attack on Trujillo’s prosecutor He compared his old photos to those he took in Buenos Aires. The differences were clear: Buenos Aires Romero’s face looked smoothed out by a TikTok filter. Have you had plastic surgery?
But a more troubling question remained: Did the “hunchback” come to Argentina to walk and buy sneakers or to kidnap and kill people? “Apparently, it’s shit from here.”“At the very least, he arrived in Argentina with a support network: Three other Peruvian men used General Rodriguez’s house to obtain the documents Argentinians.
The Argentine government announced the arrest of Davy Junior. He confirmed that Los Compadres is the armed wing of a larger gang, Trujillo octopusesAlthough judicial investigators attribute this point. The Peruvian press even reported clashes between the two gangs.
Los Pulpos de Trujillo, like Los Compadres, are already in ArgentinaAccording to secret criminal intelligence reports from Argentine authorities, they have indeed committed a crime, if the accusation is true. They have the worst criminal act in modern history to their name: Murder of Women with Triple Drugs by Florencio VarelaWith the kidnappings, torture and murders of Brenda del Castillo, Lara Gutierrez and Morena Verde.
Tony Janzen Valverde, nicknamed “Little Jota”who was arrested in Peru, was quickly overshadowed by the alleged leader of the Bajo Flores trafficker gang made up of Peruvians and Argentines accused of murder.
Above “Pequeño Jota”, which turned out to be A Simple trading manager With little charisma, Celeste Gonzalez is found, accused and repentant By former police officer Joseph Fraser Cubas ZavaletaNicknamed “El Papa” or “El Señor Jota”.
Gonzalez confirmed that Cubas Zavaleta is a man from the top of the division’s hierarchy and that he reports to “GrandfatherThe person responsible for sending drugs from Peru. “Mr. Gota” He denied the charge against him. He confirmed that he devoted himself in Argentina to sewing shoes to sell in La Salada.
Even worse: Cuba Zavaleta Arrested Since last August 27 At the request of the Peruvian judiciaryHe is being sought on charges of threatening to kill a drug mule for transporting 3.5 kilograms of cocaine to Spain, a case dating back to 2022. He was to watch the triple murder via video call from his cell at the PFA headquarters on Cavia Street.
with Argentine ID card. Just like “The Hunchback”with a small house in Girly as his home, the former police officer turned alleged drug dealer lives in the country and He took command of an entire drug structure, based in Bajo Flores, just like “Marcos” Estrada.But with a completely different business model, if the accusation is true. First of all, there are Argentines in its ranks. Triad killers don’t control the neighborhood, nor do they need it. There is no need for bells, satellites and little soldiers. but, They killed with a ferocity and sadism that no smuggler had ever practiced before. In this country.
Today, the trio criminal gang was arrested – after being identified He was imprisoned by prosecutors Adrian Arribas, Diego Rulli and Claudio Fornaro In what was the best criminal investigation in modern history – he is in the crosshairs of federal justice, with Judge Jorge Rodriguez and Prosecutor Mariela Laposeta.