The fatal outcome of ‘La Tota’, the criminal who became a lawyer, but who only knew the laws of the hitman

“The street is a jungle of concrete, and of ferocious beasts, of course”, reads a refrain from Héctor Lavoe’s song, perhaps just for the case that we will describe below, and which reminds us that every day the assassination in peru It claims new victims, gains ground and becomes even more visible in the capital.

He February 6 It is a date that many will remember due to the brutality with which a hitman attack took place very close to the Plaza San Miguel conglomerate. Three criminals havetily got out of a car between José de la Riva Güero and Universitaria avenues, guns in hand, riddled ‘the totality’, which had been “solicited” for several months.

Taking advantage of the red light, the criminals fired at close range against Israel San Román (La Tota), against his wife, his two parents and his two minor children. 10 and 12 years old.

Between calls for help, tears and despair, the lives of six people were claimed in a report where unfortunately innocent people also had to die. But it does not end there, according to the PNP, “La Tota” had a history in the criminal world, in 2003 he entered prison Saint George and since then his record has steadily grown.

Oscar Ariola, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (Dirincri), informed the media that this crime was linked to a settling of accounts for issues of land trafficking and collection of quotas in civil construction.

“The motive would be very likely… It is to gain ground, a dispute over situations related to the management of extortion in the face of civil construction works in downtown Lima. We are talking about San Miguel, Breña, (Fundo) Pando,” he clarified.

Moreover, he indicated that the fact that Israel San Román Doroteo, 40, received 19 bullet wounds reveals that this person was the goal, the target of the hit men. However, they also took no pity on his family, as investigators found a total of 35 casings at the crime scene.

In this sense, the PNP general said that “La Tota” had a history of fraud, aggravated robbery, domestic violence, attempted homicide, among others.

According to information from the weekly “En sus Trece” by César Hildebrandt, he announced that “La Tota” had studied law at the request of his father, who was also murdered that day by contract killers.

“The totality” He came to register to study, remotely, the law degree at the University of Huánuco, but at the same time he would begin to enter the world of car scams.

According to the newspaper article, Israel San Roman He obtained a law degree in 2020 from the University of Huánuco. ‘La Tota’ began studying this career in 2014 and obtained a degree related to traffic accidents.

“Difficult resources and lack of efficiency in traffic violations of SAT Lima”, was the exact name of his thesis, which had as adviser Professor Pedro Alfredo Martínez Franco. ‘The totality’ He dedicated his research work to his family and “his angels” who blessed him from heaven.

“To my parents, my wife, my children, my brothers, my friends and my angels who are in heaven for having trusted me and having been my driving force and my reason to become a professional in life and thus be able to assert the rights of many people whom God will place in my way” reads the dedication of ‘The totality’.

According to the weekly, he reports that the scientific work was aimed at verifying that the sanctions imposed by the Tax Administration Service (SAT) of the city of Lima, in 2020, violated constitutional principles such as due process, legality and proportionality. After defending his thesis, ‘La Tota’, he obtained a mark of 12, considered sufficient to obtain the title.

Despite graduating and obtaining the title, Israel did not continue his career, because for him the underworld was more attractive, and he began his “first steps” by scamming with the “purchase of the vehicle” .

In the report, they detail that in 2018, Israel San Roman He summoned a “customer” to a cevichería in Cercado de Lima to finalize the sale of a used car.

As far as the meeting area, Israel was accompanied by his wife and one of his children. Upon receipt of the agreed amount (8,000 soles), the family fled in the car on the pretext that they were going to get their things out of it.

On this same site, ‘La Tota’ carried out another scam. On this occasion, he collected 6,000 soles for the “sale of a motorcycle”, of which he finally kept the proceeds and the money.

Another complaint filed against Israel was when two of his former classmates accused him of stealing two vehicles. On another occasion, he created a website to sell fake SOAT insurance.

According to the PNP, ‘The totality’, legally defended a civil construction leader identified as Alejandro Alberto Quiroz Arguedas, known by the pseudonym “Negro Puñete”. This subject was “requested” by contract killers who disputed the works. However, at the end of January, he ended up being riddled with bullets on a sports slab.

The investigators claim that La Tota and Puñete had denounced the leaders of other criminal organizations to, in this way, “get them out of the wagon” and thus be able to have greater control over the collection of work quotas in the real estate sector.

“They changed the line of weapons to the line of seeking, in their own way, to incriminate these people and to try to get them out of circulation legally. What was previously resolved in a different way in the criminal line had now been taken to court, getting witnesses, getting family witnesses, to incriminate the other group,” PNP Colonel Víctor Revoredo commented to Domingo Al Día.

For the National Police of Peru, the main suspect remains David Francisco Duran Larrea, aka “Crazy Paul”, whose whereabouts are unknown. He would have directed all this crime.

According to the first three detainees, they were offered 10,000 soles to end the life of Israel and his family. The PNP continues to connect the dots and conduct operations to trace the whereabouts of the hitmen still missing to meet justice.