“We have disarticulated in Peru’s train … All leaders have fallen”: General PNP Aldo Ávila Novoa
The transnational criminal gang of Aragua train this “totally disjointed“In Peru. This was reported on Monday (10.02.2025) General Aldo Ávila NovoaHead of the Directorate against Trafficking in Persons and Illicit Traffic of migrants of the National Police of Peru (PNP).
“At this time, we have disarticulated to the Aragua train. As a criminal organization, the Aragua Train, in Peru, we have it totally disjointed. All leaders have fallen (…) are serving their sentence in Challapalca, ”said the police chief in dialogue with RPP.
General Ávila explained that the Aragua train structure is complex and not clearly defined; It is not pyramidal or collegiate. It is believed that it has higher levels and other intermediates distributed in several countries, including Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Brazil, Panama, the United States and Costa Rica.
He added that this criminal group is characterized by its ability to adapt and negotiation. Since 2017, it has been expanding, especially from the migration of 2018, which allowed the occupation of territories related to human trafficking.
“The Aragua train has two main features, adaptation and negotiation capacity. In Peru they mapped us in 2017, and when migration came in 2018, territories of human trafficking began, ”said Ávila.
He affirmed that they currently struggle against separate groups from the band as ‘Children of God’ and ‘Los Gallegos’, but that it cannot give the exact figure of the different “remame” located in different parts of the country.
Last Friday, a police megaoperative in Lima was held with the support of the United States National Immigration and Customs Security Research Office. During the operation, 23 criminals linked to the Aragua Train were captured, and 120 exploitation victims were rescued, including three minors.
“23 criminals related to factions of the Aragua Train were captured, who are being investigated for the alleged crime of trafficking in persons, in the modality of sexual and labor exploitation,” said the general in this regard Ávila Novoa.
The Aragua train has been accused of numerous crimes in several countries, including drug trafficking, extortion, kidnappings and homicides. The band was born in the Venezuelan Tocorón prison And it has spread to several Latin American countries, such as Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.
On the eve, the Interior Minister, Juan José Santiváñezdismissed the results of the latest survey of Datumpublished by Commercewhich reveals that the 87% of Peruvians He considers that he should leave office in the Executive Power.
“In principle, I do not guide me with surveys or work based on them. I work based on a programmatic plan to fight crime and crime ”he said in an interview with Panoramaof Panamericana TV.
Despite the high disapproval, Santiváñez said that There have been improvements in its management. “In approval, compared to December, we have uploaded five points and in disapproval we have dropped another five points (…). The reading that we can give to this issue is that, in some way or another, the information we are providing through our social networks about catches, is gradually reaching the population ”held.
Consulted on whether her permanence in office affects the popularity of the president Dina Boluartereplied: “We have had meetings with Confiep, Adex, the National Society of Industries and the Police Commander, where we exposed all the plan that is being executed”.
