Police, in coordination with the Prosecutor’s Office, They announced that this Friday, a criminal organization that committed crimes in the Fontibón region (Bogota) will be disbanded.Its members are part of the same family environment.
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Investigation work into this organization known as ‘Los Peñas’, which started 36 months ago, has been accused of commercializing its members. distribution and sale of narcotic substances in the form of micro-smuggling.
During the investigation carried out by the Police Department Criminal Investigation Directorate and Interpol (Dijín) Anti-Corruption Investigation AreaIn the statement, it was determined that the feared gang has been committing crimes in the region for 40 years.
They were caught in the operation 11 members, 10 by court order and 1 in flagrante delicto. It is stated that the ringleaders were among those detained.
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about siblings Javier Peña, alias El Gordo, Jhon Peña, alias Jhonson, Yesid Ávila, alias Yeso and Jhon Barrera, alias Cholo or ‘The Maker’.
“These people, “To carry out their criminal acts, they committed many murders and threatened their victims to gain territorial control.” said Colonel Jorge Alexander Mora Cortés, head of the Dijín anti-corruption investigation area.
EL TIEMPO saw a video, Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, also known by the pseudonym Popeye or ‘JJ’, who was part of the investigation, He sends a message to Pablo Escobar’s hitman, Jhon Peña.
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“Greetings to Fontibón boss Jhon Peña. “I am Jhon Jairo Velásquez, aka Popeye, general of the mafia, with love and respect as a warrior.”It can be seen in the video recorded in a nightclub in 2018.
Let us remember that ‘Popeye’ died of esophageal cancer on the morning of February 6, 2020, at the National Cancer Institute in Bogotá.
They were also captured in the operation against the family ‘tribe’ 11 smartphones, a laptop, a firearm and 43 cartridges from two suppliers, more than 355 grams of marijuana522 grams of coca base and more than 5 million pesos in cash.
Authorities guess so The financial power of this organization was inherited from a returned member of that organization. To the United States.
Moreover, The prosecutor’s office conducted the investigation process regarding the loss of ownership of 63 movable and immovable properties belonging to the pseudonym El Cholo.worth more than 12,000 million pesos.
Among the evidence obtained against those who were captured are the following: Security camera footage showing that they will come into conflict with other criminal organizations An event that cost the lives of many people.
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