The Colombian government confirmed Tuesday that Miguel Rodríguez Díazindicated by the president On Biguarte As the main suspect of the murder of 13 mining workers in the province of Pataz (La Libertad), he entered his territory without, “no judicial requirement that forced his retention or impediment of entry.”
Through a statement, the migration office of that country said that alias ‘knife’ came the May 5 at 9:30 am on a flight from Lima“After complying with the requirements established by current regulations.”
“By not presenting any immigration alert in the control systems, its admission was admired according to the established protocols,” said the agency.
Similarly, he indicated that “migratory controls are governed by the information available in real time and that, in case of new requests from judicial authorities,” Colombia “It will act in accordance with the law and the requirements of the Peruvian and international authorities.”
The implied had already been in that nation the January 5 and the February 3 This year. Before, on October 25, 2024, he had entered Chile, according to his immigration registration. His recent exit occurred only hours after the president reported that he was captured by the National Police (PNP) in 2023, but subsequently released by fiscal decision.
“For the information that comes to us, probably who has led this brutal murder is the so -called ‘knife’ criminal, captured by our police and released by the Public Ministry,” Boluarte said in a press conference, by criticizing the actions of the fiscal system.
“What do we stay? (…) we capture criminals, we make them available to the Public Ministry and they release them (…) say this with the corresponding letters is not to wash our hands. Simply, we are highlighting where the responsibility is. We are acting,” he added.
The prosecutor provincial Edwin Ramos He has reported that the police intervention against ‘knife’ in 2023 did not comply with the legal protocols. In dialogue with Epicenterhe mentioned that the police made the arrest at a Casma hotel, but “they did not take the discomfort of notifying the prosecutor on duty” until four hours later, despite the fact that “that hotel is very close” of the tax headquarters.
Ramos indicated that There was no livelihood for capture. “They told me that they had no source of information, that they had nothing, that they were only based on comments.” He added that, according to police information, there was no “knowledge” or “intelligence notes that people arrested in said intervention” are involved “in criminal acts in Pataz.”
He finally explained that the seized weapons (a 22 -caliber revolver and a grenade) were inoperative, which prevented proceeding with the accusation. As a result, the Public Ministry He decided to free him. “Fulfilled 48, there was nothing left but to give her freedom,” he said.
‘Knife’ is known for its links with criminal structures in Pataz, where since August 2023, 39 murders related to the illegal mining. He has been linked to homicides, sicariate, illegal possession of weapons, use of explosives and drug -related activities.
Its history appears in files that document some of the most fierce attacks to mining facilities in the region.
According to Canal N, A collaborator has declared that the massacre in Pataz It would be linked to an armed confrontation that occurred on April 25 among the security personnel of the R&R company and a group called ‘Parqueros’, led by ‘Knife’.
“(This group) sought to take control of level 2520 of the undercut. As a result of the confrontation, five subjects of the opposite group would have died. Subsequently, given the threat of a new attack, some workers abandoned the place, while others were relocated in areas of greater vulnerability (level 2300) by order of the ‘technical’ alias,” he said.
The collaborator, cited by the television, indicated that these facts would have led to the kidnapping of the workers. “In this type of confrontations it is common for those captured are executed or used as hostages for negotiations Among the leaders, which would not have been concretized on this occasion, ”he settled.
