The Police of the Daniel Ortega regime confirmed the arrest of the businessman Jorge Osbaldo Lacayo Cuadra, 37 years old, who is the son of retired Major General Osbaldo Lacayo Gabuardi. In a press release, published on December 1, the Ortega Police linked him to a criminal group called The king.
“In the morning hours, the National Police captured the criminal Jorge Osbaldo Lacayo Cuadra, 37, a member of this criminal organizationwho will be forwarded to the competent authorities”, says the Police press release number 086-2022.
The relationship of Osbaldo Lacayo Cuadra to the retired general was confirmed by two sources on condition of anonymity. In addition, they assured that this Thursday morning the businessman’s house was raided.
According to the Police, the son of the retired general belonged to “a criminal gang calling itself El Rey, perpetrators of the crimes of organized crime, money laundering, goods and assets.” Organization that they consider “dismantled” with the capture of Lacayo Cuadra, although they indicate that four of its members are still fugitives from justice.
Son of a former commissioner among the fugitives
The police note also highlights the name of Olof Bladimir Altamirano Aguirrewho appears as the “leader” of the organization that “is being searched for his capture and prosecution.”
Altamirano Aguirre is the son of the former traffic chief in Chinandega and retired commissioner, Gloria Aguirre Quiñónez, who in 2017 was sentenced to six months in prison for illegal possession of weapons, but did not serve that time in prison.
The other three members of the group of alleged drug traffickers who have not yet been captured are: Jorge Hermógenes Benítez Guzmán, Orlando José Muñoz Mayorga and Héctor Ismael Catín Mayorga.
previously detained
Last September, the Police captured in the municipality of Nindirí, department of Masaya, Luis Carlos Mayorga Martínez, Juan Daniel Norori Aguirre and Juan Carlos Dávila Aguirre; who are supposedly part of the same organization.
On that occasion, the police confiscated the group. 1.17 million dollars. The money, they assured, was distributed in two suitcases and divided into 40 packages wrapped in transparent adhesive tape, inside a gray Nissan van, license plate MT 24460.
The group also seized five trucks and a car.
