These are the men who were working for Felipe Acosta, alias Macho. Photo: PN.
The Police arrested five people who had arrest warrants for various crimes and who were part of the network that collaborates with Felipe Acosta, alias Macho, who, according to investigators, uses the indigenous people as a shield.
In a first operationEvaristo López Yegros (38), Benito Yegros (36) and Eugenio López Yegros (29) They were detained during a preventive control of people and vehicles in Corpus Christi, department of Canindeyú.
These people are wanted for intentional homicide, attempted homicide, invasion of another’s property, production of common risks and violation of Law 4036/10 on weapons.
They also arrested Rubén Ortega Martínez (38) and Cipriano Roa Ayala (55). In their possession they seized a truck that would have been used in the attack on the Joint Task Force helicopter, in which two soldiers were injured.
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“They are the ones who act as protectors, because these people are operating among indigenous communities, it is the leaders who were detained“They have three to four arrest warrants each,” explained the police director of Canindeyú, Commissioner Rafael González, in a contact with radio Ñandutí.
The police chief said that Felipe Santiago Acosta, alias Machouses the indigenous people as a shield and maintains them with logistics and support. This, given the knowledge of the installation of a Joint Task Force base in the area.
The recent aerial confrontation between the military and alleged drug traffickers serving Macho is, for the Minister of Defense, a sign that the State is confronting the fugitive and his group.
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