Thus, the criminal gang carried out robberies and extortion in Piura Trade | Peru | Piura

By: Carlos Chunga

Police dismantled Wednesday at dawn criminal organization "The ships are breaking PiuraDedicated to robbery and extortion, he also arrested 15 people and confiscated four prison cells. Piura (ex Rio Seco) and attacked 30 properties.

The operator was responsible for General PNP César Cervantes Cárdenas, Chief of Police Region I Macro Piura – Tumbes. According to the official, the alleged leader of "The ships break Piura", Harvy William Valdiviezo Sánchez, entered the old prison of Río Seco in 2005 and left last July.In addition, he registers a warrant for alleged crimes against property.

"This modus operandi of having links in the prison is a feature of this type of criminal gangs," said Cervantes in a statement to the press. He added that it had taken 8 months of intelligence work and research.

According to the police and the prosecution, "the ships are breaking Piura"They had been operating since April 2015. This criminal gang executed over 40 criminal acts in Sullana and Talara and owned 20 vehicles (used between motorcycles and motorcycle taxis) to extort money from their victims.

In the search of the four-cell prison Piura He confiscated five firearms, cell phones, computers, tablets, documents, USB sticks and other computer equipment.

Three of these cells correspond to Darwin Jhonatan Zapata Carrillo, Gerson Kevin Zapata Carrillo and Marco Arturo Ojeda Saavedra. Since September of this year, these subjects have spent 36 months in pre-trial detention the integration of the criminal band "The Dry Mouth of Bellavista", dedicated to sicariato, robbery, extortion, marking and illegal possession of weapons in the province from Sullana.

At the same time, the fourth confiscated cell corresponds to Luis Carlos Eduardo Córdova Navarro, who, since August, is in custody for seven months for the alleged crime of attempted murder in a bar in Sullana.

During the operation, the police arrested 15 people, out of a total of 31, charged with robbery, extortion and illegal trade in weapons.

It should be noted that this is the eighth mega year operation. General Cesar Cervantes announced that another will be done to reach the target set early 2018.

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