Spanish criminal Jose Martinez Gomez (“El Rubio”), who spent 30 years in prison for being the leader of the Barcelona Central Bank Robbery Gang (1981) which saw a successful series of robberies of the Central Bank of Barcelona. Stealing money, He arrived in Peru after being extradited from Spain To stand trial on charges of committing the crime of illicit drug trafficking.
Confidential sources confirmed on Wednesday that Martinez Gomez arrived in Peru accompanied by Interpol agents on Friday at 7:50 p.m. local time. He is being held in prison awaiting trial. He faces a possible sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
Spanish has been required by the Peruvian judiciary since 2009 A drug smuggling crime allegedly committed in 2008At Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, he had an international arrest warrant from Interpol. The order details that in June 2008, members of the Anti-Narcotics Directorate of the Peruvian National Police (Derandro) found at Jorge Chavez Airport two suitcases containing 10.5 kilograms of cocaine alkaloids hidden among nougat, coffee and three rectangular parcels that were destined for Italy.
“This is a media personality that I participated in Attack on the Central Bank of Barcelona in 1981 He served a prison sentence of more than 30 years,” the head of Interpol in Lima, Jorge Maguino, told América Noticias about the extradited man, who inspired the famous “Professor” character in the Netflix series. Stealing money.
Maguino added that “El Rubio”, after serving his sentence for the famous robbery, was arrested in 2024. He categorically denies the facts and asserts that he has never visited Peru. The authorities had already tried to transfer Martinez Gomez from Spain to Peru on two occasions to no avail, because the accused, as the Peruvian colonel explained, had hoped to board the plane to “cause a commotion” in order to disturb the passengers and cause the suspension of the extradition flight.