The drug lord’s mysterious logistics chief who tried to escape by helicopter and the prison’s unusual landing spot

federal judge Ernesto Kreplak this Monday will investigate Esteban Lindor Alvaradothe drug lord of Rosario sentenced to life imprisonment who attempted to escape by helicopter from Ezeiza prison last Friday. The investigation will be conducted by Zoom. A transfer to Federal Court No. 2 in Lomas de Zamora, headed by Kreplak, is out of the question. For a hitman commando to try to free him in the middle of his journey would be the most uncomfortable of ironies.

It is also expected that this Monday they will be investigated Andres Donet there Gianluca Orpianesithe two accomplices of the maneuver who were arrested in Gualeguaychú.

Last Friday’s raid by the Federal Operations Division of the PFA Superintendence of Dangerous Drugs, after an investigation by PROCUNAR and prosecutor Cecilia Incardona, included the seizure of the Aeronave Robinson R44 Raven -purchased in Paraguay and valued at almost 250 thousand euros– In a field in Gualeguaychú near a fumigation strip, where he intended to take off.

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They also attacked an area of ​​General Rodríguez, which was the supposed landing point after the breakout. A snitch revealed the plan to PROCUNAR earlier this month, which triggered the case: the whistleblower gave the dates and contact details. Thus, they accepted the talks of WhatsApp of the narco boss locked in Ezeiza Residential Unit 3, a series of chat rooms where Lindor Alvarado – who used a Al Capone profile picture photo– left nothing to the imagination.

In these conversations, which GlobeLiveMedia fully agree, the drug lord convicted of drug trafficking and homicide talks to a man he nicknames “Lobo”, your virtual logistics manager. On March 4, Lindor Alvarado and her man had the following conversation.

-“Lobo”: This week, we are going to work in detail, you know…

-Lindor Alvarado: Yes yes. Do you want us to network? Well made, well attached.

-“Lobo”: I would like to know if aerodynamically it is not at all harmful, it would be much better for the operation, but anyway. We saw him there with the “Gringuito”, descending without the rear doors and on the skids, you go up, hit the jump and it looks like the operation is also viablebut hey, let me investigate a bit the network, more than anything for the aerodynamic question.

“Gringuito” turned out to be Orpanessi, arrested during last Friday’s raid. In the conversations, “Lobo” seems to have a very precise idea of ​​the technical aspect of the situation. The details for nothing to fail ran with your account. Alvarado seemed to have blind faith in him. He instructed him to make payments in dollars, sent him videos of Youtube with the landings of a helicopter also attacked, photographs of the plane. He even sent him the exact coordinates of Google Maps where the helicopter should land.

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There are two mysteries around the escape that, perhaps, Lindor Alvarado can answer. In the conversations, there are clear references to a second man who was going to run away with the drug lord The identity of “Lobo” is also unknown. His number is significant. You have to be a front-line thug to dare such a plan.

The helicopter was literally going to arrive on the prison playground, where Alvarado and his friend planned to leave to stay on the ground for a few seconds and then leave, a air taxi fall. There football field of the module where it was was the possible landing point: Alvarado sent “Lobo” two videos of the location.

The plan seems crazy, but in the underworld anything can happen. Could they have succeeded?

A key prison network source claims that Ezeiza, at least lately, had radar. The same source said: “I don’t think they would have succeeded. The helicopter must fly below 30 meters so as not to fall on Ezeiza’s radar. In periods of maximum alert for detained narcos, there have been situations due to this practice. Today, the SPF is not in a position to push back anything. I am happy that luck has worked in favor of the Service”.

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And he continues with no less detail: “The patios are not the sports ground, I specify. Each pavilion in this module has its own interior patio where the boys walk around, hang up their clothes and go out to sunbathe. The sports field is in the middle of the module and it is the only open space where you can watch the sky without a bar in between. That’s to say, they were going to put the helicopter inside the moduleliteral”.

The operation and the Ezeiza prison raids on Alvarado’s cell took place in the midst of a perfect storm. To start, escape data came from prosecutors, not the Federal Penitentiary Service.

Since 2021, PROCUNAR has insisted on reforming the intelligence apparatus, dismantled since 2020 by Maria Laura Garrigós de Rébori. The complaint is today accompanied by the Association of Magistrates and the interim lawyer Eduardo Casal.

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Seven days before finding the helicopter, the PFA, in another PROCUNAR investigation, had searched Guille Cantero and other members of the management of Monkeys, accused of conducting their organization through cell phones. The administrative offices of the prison of Marcos Pazwhere is Cantero, a rival of Lindor Alvarado, were raided amid suspicions of prison corruption.

The very day of the discovery of the helicopter, a press release assured that the Ministry of Justice – on which depend the federal prisons – had requested that the SPF participate in the working group in charge of PROCUNAR.

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