:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/FHQAGU6CFJD6VKV7FRBKY7HZBE.jpg "The Minister of Defense assures that they will be \"relentless\" with the soldiers involved in the drug trafficking network 1")
Defense Minister, Jorge Chávez Crestremarked that they will be “relentless” and “inflexible with the three soldiers and with this whole element of the Peruvian Army who is involved in actions to support drug trafficking. He made his statements in reference to the capture of drug lord Yover José Auccatoma (35), alias ‘Leche’, who received help from some uniformed officers in his illegal operations in the field of vraem.
“As it was manifested by the Lord army commanderI join in these words of deploration, censorship and punishment of each member of our armed forces, and in this case the army of Peru, which would be involved in acts related to drug trafficking”, he said. he asserted in RPP News.
He added that all facilities are provided at the Public minister to obtain information enabling them to discover the truth and determine the responsibilities of the suspects.
“The prosecution went to the premises of the Quartermaster Corps and we make available, and with the corresponding administrative actions, in order not to allow acts of this nature that go against our institution, which is dedicated to the frontal fight against narcoterrorism”, he said declared.
He said the actions of these three soldiers “constitute an offense to those who lay down their lives every day and die in the line of duty.”
“So I repeat again: we deplore these acts and we plan all the corresponding actions. We are going to be relentless and inflexible in determining the responsibilities and that these do not happen again,” he said.
After the arrest of Yover Jose Auccatoma (35), alias ‘lick‘, Less than a week ago in the region of Ayacucho, accused of being the leader of a drug trafficking network that operated in the region of Vraem, it was determined that members of the army Peruvian and national police would also be part of this criminal network.
For this reason, on the last Saturday, March 18, after approximately 14 weeks of investigations, the Special Investigations Division (Divisnep), of the Anti-Drug Directorate (It’s raining) proceeded to their captures to determine the responsibilities.
It’s about the army captain, Frederik Cunto Gamboaand EP NCOs Coat Joel Alejo Lazare there Jhomer Valdivia Silvera, who belonged to the 42nd anti-terrorist battalion located in the district of Pichari; in addition to PNP NCO Luis Añanca Quique.
Dirandro’s manager, Colonel Jose Ludena, pointed out that it is estimated that during this period, alias “Leche”, would have withdrawn approximately 30 tons of cocaine. In addition, he mentioned the participation of the agents involved. “They carried out acts of collaboration. They provided them with information and even maintenance of the weapons that this organization used,” he said.
It should be noted that this group consisted of 26 people, including Auccatoma’s own father. The latter has already made three stays in prison, all for illicit drug trafficking.
The mega-operation was carried out in Lima, Ayacucho, Junín, Ucayali, Tacna and Huancayo. In this regard, the Peruvian Army He released a statement deploring the actions of his institution’s staff in the event of the crime.
