The authorities of Peru they captured 520 members of the transnational crime organization Tren de Aragua, The Chief of Staff of the Police, Óscar Arriola, reported on Friday.
The police chief declared on the state radio station Radio Nacional that among those detained are leaders of that organizationaccused of committing serious crimes related to human trafficking, drug trafficking, extortion, kidnappings and homicides.
“Leaders of the Aragua Train have been captured here“Arriola highlighted and said that the work that the Peruvian police chiefs have had in contact with their peers from Ecuador and Chile to share their strategies “based on operational intelligence.”
Arriola said that Peru has one of the lowest crime and homicide rates compared to neighboring countries.
He reported, in this sense, that a large police operation that was carried out on Thursday called ‘Safe Dawn’, allowed the arrest of 395 people with a judicial warrant and another 690 people allegedly involved in various crimes. He added that 48 firearms were seized and 56 vehicles and 480 stolen cell phones were recovered.
He Tren de Aragua was born in the prisons of Venezuela and has spread through Latin American countries such as Chile, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, while the United States border authorities have assured that members of this gang have also entered the North American country.
