A man was arrested in the district of San Juan de Luriganchoin Lima, carrying a Glock gun recorded in the name of one of the victims of the recent massacre in the powerful mining company, located in the district of Patazregion freedom. As reported by the president of the Council of Ministers, Gustavo Adrianzénduring a press conference, the detainee could be linked to kidnapping and subsequent murder of the 13 workers, A case that has shocked the country.
The official said that this evidence is being investigated and could provide key information to clarify the facts. “It is a track that is being followed and we presume that it will give us more precise information than what happened,” said the Premier.
For its part, the general of the National Police of Peru (PNP), Victor ZanabriaHe confirmed that the detainee declared that the weapon was destined to be sold. In addition, that, together with him, two other people were arrested, who would also be involved in the acts of violence that resulted in the death of the thirteen workers of the mining company. Both possessed two mini uzi firearms, along with cacerins and ammunition.
As declared by the head of the PNP, In the next 72 hours around a thousand troops will be deployed police to reinforce investigations and guarantee security in the affected area. This operation seeks not only to clarify the facts, but also to prevent new acts of violence in the region.
-In Defense Commission, the Chief of the General Staff of the PNP, Óscar Arriola, He explained that the detained man is Luis Alberto Cuchisulta Guerra, who came from Pataz and was under observation by intelligence. “Two weapons were found. One that corresponds to him and another to Juan Joel ñaupai Salva, one of those killed in the undercut. Likewise, that the author of the massacre in Pataz would be Miguel Rodríguez Díaz.
Hours before, the president On Biguarte He also syndicate as alleged leader of the Pataz massacre to the offender Miguel Rodríguez Díaz, aka ‘knife’. He indicated that the criminal was captured by the National Police of Peru, but unfortunately he was released by the Public Ministry. “They go to the streets to want to place security, tranquility and peace. We capture criminals, we make them available to the Public Ministry, but they release them. Saying it is not to wash our hands, but to show where the responsibility is. We are acting,” he said.
It is worth mentioning that it was the same relatives of the victims who initially pointed to Rodríguez Díaz as responsible for the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the miners. In addition, they indicated that a Rescue of 4 million soles for the release of workers. “Those who have our boys are a criminal nicknamed ‘knife’ and have them in the mine of one ‘Galindo’. They have entered armed to the mine and are 13 of our workers,” said one of the companions of the kidnapped, prior to confirming the massacre.
Miguel Rodríguez Díazaka ‘knife’, has a criminal history that links it to multiple attacks and acts of violence in mining regions. Although the authorities have not provided additional details about their whereabouts, its name has emerged in several investigations related to similar crimes. The massacre of the 13 miners in Pataz is the most recent episode that places it in the center of the accusations, but was also linked to a previous one, where ten miners died and 15 people were injured.
In 2014 there are already reports as one of the members of the self -domiciled band ‘Los Chuckys’, which used a diabolical doll mask when they committed a robbery in the city. Police reported that they were arrested when they were going to perpetrate an assault in the district of Florencia de Mora, one of the most convulsed in the city, and They were seized two guns, 17 dynamite cartridges, 65 ammunition, balaclavas and drugs. Subsequently, he was also arrested in 2023. However, the Prosecutor’s Office considered to vary its situation and investigate it in freedom.
