The fall of the narco of both names and a life of luxury that splashes the judges, the police and the Bolivian government

One month was enough to bring to light the biggest drug scandal of the recent period in Bolivia. The earthquake led to detention of three police officers, in accusations against high judicial authorities and in questions to the minister of the government, struck by one of the main crises of his administration. The public university of Santa Cruz de la Sierra was not spared by a diploma in law issued in 2018 to Pedro Montenegro Paz, the 38 – year – old drug trafficker who used to make his identity a dual identity and who used police protection and his friendships with judges to avoid a claim for damages. extradition from Brazil, in force since 2015.

same a beauty queen has been sprinkled for the narco-scandal, which was not closed by the arrest of the fugitive by the Brazilian justice, occurred last Saturday at noon, after being delivered to the police to dilute the l? one of chase the mega-operative the largest that we can know. Pedro Montenegro Paz, who has used technological devices to neutralize satellite tracking, has arrested Pedro Montenegro Paz in 52 raids in less than a month and 150 police officers mobilized in the course of actions coordinated with agents from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

Suspicions of protection against Montenegro persisted even in search and capture operations. Opposition politicians believe their delivery has been approved. The day he was handcuffed to the media, President Evo Morales congratulated the government minister and the police, but urged continued investigations, "no matter who falls."

This new earthquake has penetrated so deeply that affects the government's image in the middle of the election yearSo much so that the president urged, in the context of an activity with the armed forces, not to repeat what happened with the senior police officials of his administration involved in the drug trade. For this case around 50 new officers have been transferred from La Paz to the Santa Cruz police in recent days to restructure the institution.

What Montenegro has done in Bolivia can not be attributed solely to its sagacity, but it is primarily conceived by the protection of officials in power. The drug trafficker He entered the police with gifts and was able to be decorated at some of the institution's celebrations. Precisely, a photograph of an act of recognition of the Special Force Against Crime confirmed its close ties with the Colonel Gonzalo Medina, who was arrested and lost his position as director of this police unit in which he exercised his authority over the last three years. The Minister of Foreign Affairs questions the striking continuity of the Medina officer in the main post of Felcc, from where he forged links with one of the most wanted narcos from the Brazil from 2015.

In addition to this officer, two others were imprisoned for Montenegro's activities. The former chief of criminal operations of Felcc, Fernando Moreira, and the former chief of operations at Chimore airport and agent of the Special Force against Drug Trafficking, Kurth Brun Ríos, are the other police arrested.

Not only the narco attended the police premises, but in March of this year I would have paid the invitation to 18 people to celebrate the carnival in Cartagena, Colombia. The police officer Moreira and his wife, as well as the son of Medina, the lawyer Robin Justiniano Meruvia, who was the link between Montenegro and the former director of Felcc, were part of the group. On April 17, the photo of the trip to Colombia, which blew up the narco-US scandal, was leaked to the media several days after the broadcast of an audio recording in which a former police commander revealed that He had been fired for investigating the links of some of his colleagues with the journalist. Bolivian trafficker.

He moved with two names

Pedro Hoffman Sáenz It was the other name of Montenegro. In 2009, he committed adultery with a document that he used mainly for traveling abroad. Because of this irregularity, other officials could be jailed.

In Bolivia, he was mobilized under his original name and with a comfort that can only be explained by the protection of the police, knowing that he was wanted by Brazil since before 2015. The authorities justify the negligence of their case and their displacements because "cleaned up " Interpol and other units.

Montenegro was linked to a disturbed network in San Pablo in the Monte Pollino operation, carried out after the discovery in Europe of a cargo of 1.3 tons of cocaine worth more than $ 60 million.

The order issued by the Supreme Court of Justice on July 21, 2015 ordered the arrest for extradition to Brazil of Pedro Montenegro, accused of 1,320 kilograms of high purity cocaine. 17 people were arrested as part of the operation and a deposit was discovered to store 30 tons of drugs as well as weapons to act on a global scale. The Bolivian drug trafficker born on March 26, 1981 is credited with partnerships with Colombians, as well as links with cartels from Mexico, Italy and the Brazilian CCP.

Anniversary with judges and police

Montenegro had a luxury house in the Las Palmas millionaire neighborhood of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in which he wore plants brought from Miami. The last time he celebrated his birthday, he did it with 300 guests, in which there were police and judges, according to witnesses who claim to have attended the celebration with a dozen mariachis. Circulate images in the TV media that show how the narco is dressed in the initial letters of his name to the musicians of an orchestra.

Before their illegal activities were reported, they claim that He claimed to be a construction contractor and had a clothing store. In the streets, he was driving in a Porsche car, about $ 150,000.

By the time he was introduced to the media as a detainee, police authorities said he had been seized seven buildings, valued at $ 3 million, 45 motorcycles and quadrangles, for $ 800,000, and three luxury vehicles, for $ 300,000.

The most wanted drug trafficker in Bolivia last month in Bolivia has not only managed to break into important police circles, but also He graduated in law in 2018, although he was already required three years earlier for his extradition to Brazil. The authorities of the public university do not see any irregularities, although it is known that they failed five times in law and entered and left at different times of the university institution.

With the support of the title Montenegro he tried to become a judicial authority and visited the seat of the judiciary, in the city of Sucre and other areas of influence. In addition to wanting to be part of this system, he would have even proposed charges.

During his presentation to the media as an inmate, police authorities presented a photo of some 20 people suspected of having relations with Montenegro. Of those mentioned are nothing less than Gonzalo Hurtado Zamorano, former president of the Supreme Court of Justice and current magistrate of the Constitutional Court, who denied the prosecution. Other names cited by the police are singer Darwin Peña, judge Juan José Paniagua and Belén Laguna, former representative of the Judicial Council in Beni, according to Fides. By recording a video, they are also investigating the deputy judge of the Santa Cruz Supreme Court of Justice, Joyce Lizeth Choquerive.

Extradition, in limbo

Struck by critics, the Minister of Government, Carlos Romero, announced the opening of an investigation to those who thought they had been defamed on social networks by the Montenegrin case. However, a few hours later, he withdrew his warning and said that an opposition MP would be prosecuted for his statements in the networks and police Gonzalo Medina because he had already stated that he was his lawyer.

At the same time, Foreign Minister Diego Pary indicated that Brazil had not requested the extradition of Pedro Montenegro, a procedure that would last between three and six months. The drug trafficker was charged with three crimes and transferred to Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz.

On extradition, the famous journalist Carlos Valverde tweeted: "I warn you that it is already known that Brazil has requested the extradition of Montenegro three times !!! Ask La Paz, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and even at the Brazilian Embbady ".

Consulted by Infobae, the reporter said that his data came from a good source. "I think this has been put in place recently, this should be the case for a greater demonstration of the growth of drug trafficking in the country," Montenegro said, seeking legalization and social visibility.

In this regard, Roberto Méndez, president of the Association of Journalists of Santa Cruz, summarized: "The Montenegro-Molina case is a new infiltration of drug trafficking in the Bolivian state, as evident as in the 1980s from García Meza, or drug trafficking links under the regime of Jaime Paz, in 1989, and more complex than the arrest of General René Sanabria, former drugman of Zar discovered in 2011 in the government from Evo Morales. "