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On the morning of this Thursday, the director of the National Police, the General Jorge Luis Vargas, who is in Medellín, confirmed that the top boss of the ‘La Terraza’ criminal network was captured.
It is about Cristhian Villa, alias Cusca, who has an arrest warrant for Aggravated criminal conspiracy for the purpose of extortion, drug trafficking, forced displacement, illegal possession of weapons and the escape of prisoners.
The operation, carried out this morning with the support of the Police Gaula, allowed the capture of 19 people, who committed crimes “in Aranjuez and other places in that commune. And what they called themselves ‘Los de la Plaza de Aranjuez’ was dismantled‘”General Vargas said.
The director of the Police indicated that 24 raids were carried out that allowed the capture of several heads of the criminal structure. “This is a systematic and organized work, developed over several months to weaken this criminal structure that has been outside the law for several years (…) which we hope to end in a short time,” said General Vargas.
For his part, General Pablo Ruiz, commander of the Aburrá Valley Police, said that this operation was carried out in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office, and that it allowed to affect ‘La Terraza’, a criminal network that “intimidated merchants and the residents near the market place. They repeatedly extorted them, “he said.
According to the officer, a week, as a result of extortion, These criminals managed to collect about 70 million pesos a week.
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They intimidated the merchants and residents around the market place. They were repeatedly extorted “
Operation Cyclone
Operation Cyclone was carried out by the Police Gaula.
Police Gaula
Similarly, the Police Gaula dismantled the criminal group ‘Los Pitufos’, after the capture of 15 people for the crimes of aggravated extortion, conspiracy to commit a crime, drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons.
‘Los Pitufos’ committed crimes in Santa Rosa de Osos and Entrerríos and in some neighborhoods of Medellín, and provided their services to the ‘Los Triana’ network.
In Bolívar, the criminal group ‘Los Causas II’ was disbanded, after the capture of 14 alleged members and the indictment of two more.
“Its main victims were merchants, ranchers, teachers and housewives in Magangué, Carmen de Bolívar, San Jacinto, Achí, Mompox, Pinillos, Margarita, Talaigua, Cicuco and San Martín de Loba,” read a statement issued by the Gaula of the Police.
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In the framework of what the Gaula described as the “Cyclone macrooperation”, 14 firearms, 11 suppliers, 299 cartridges, 3 fragmentation grenades, and 85 communication equipment were seized.
The Police Gaula points out that kidnapping this year has fallen by 47 percent compared to 2020.
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As for extortion, during 2021 there was a reduction of 1 percent. “There are 494 arrests for this crime,” Gaula said.
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