In the context of the “Hydra” case, for which a prisoner was arrested in May gang of car thieves that operated meters from the policethe prosecutor of District 1 Shift 4, Rubén Caro, accused a security force 911 video surveillance camera operator of having been an accomplice.
Operation Hydra
At the end of last May, the prosecutor and the Police dismantled a gang that was dedicated to hiring third parties to steal cars. In the operation called “Hydra” auto parts, forged vehicles, weapons, marijuana and dollars were seized and 21 people were detained.
The measure was carried out simultaneously in Córdoba and four other provinces: San Juan, La Rioja, Catamarca and Santiago del Estero.
One of them is believed to be the ringleader, who was in charge of logistics for the sale of parts and the placement of cars. He was serving a sentence of house arrest in a house that was the epicentre of the raids.
Located behind the Las Palmas Club, this address would have been the heart of the true network of junkyards to which, every now and then, someone arrived with a new car in the wee hours of the morning, as the investigations were reconstructed.
According to investigators, the dilapidated house belongs to one of the ringleaders, but he did not work alone. Together with other henchmen, all with extensive criminal records, they dedicated themselves to hiring young people from different neighborhoods and homeless people.
The houses where they operated looked like “ranches,” according to investigators. But inside, under mattresses and among the trash, there were hidden vehicle parts and bundles of national and foreign currency.
New detainee
As part of the case, the prosecutor charged a civilian who operated the Police 911 video surveillance cameras for allegedly revealing secrets to the gang.
The General Directorate of Police Conduct Control intervened on the administrative side, immediately involving the Security Forces Conduct Tribunal.
For this reason, the suspect (a hired civilian) had her contract with the Police terminated, as confirmed by the Minister of Security, Juan Pablo Quinteros, to El Doce.
Another case of police corruption
With this, corruption scandals continue to occur within the Police and the Penitentiary Service, with officers charged with multiple crimes: violence, robbery, fraud and drugs.
Days ago and in the context of the case of the crime of Valentino Blas Correas, the Anti-Corruption prosecutor Franco Mondino charged three former officials of the provincial Executive, the former Minister of Security Alfonso Mosquera; his right-hand man, Lucas Mezzano, and the former inspector commissioner Gonzalo Cumplido.
In the 2023 trial, First Corporals Lucas Gómez and Javier Catriel Alarcón had been sentenced to life imprisonment.
