Within the framework of an investigation for money laundering from drug trafficking, the Prosecutor’s Office raided 11 cells of the Specialized Group and found close to 12 million guaraníes in only one of them.
The operation was carried out yesterday, Friday, with prosecutors Luis Piñánez, Francisco Cabrera and Liliana Alcaraz, accompanied by officials from the Organized Crime Unit, led by Alicia Sapriza.
One of the raided cells is that of Jaime Andrés Franco Mendoza, prosecuted and sentenced to 18 years in prison for drug trafficking. The place was entered due to a complaint for money laundering, in an investigation dating back to 2020, where they found several indications of money laundering from drug trafficking.
In this sense, the amount of money he had, being in a situation of confinement, is investigated. In the possession of Franco Mendoza they found G. 11,700,000, seized under record.
They also entered the cell of Julio César Duarte Servían, (money changer) detained since 2020 for Money Laundering and Bolivian pilot Luis Darío Candia, arrested in 2019 with a drug charge.
In addition, they raided the cells of José Luis Bogado Quevedo, Faustino Ramón Aguayo, Orlando Efren Benítez, Ricardo Ariel Aquino, Manuel Portillo Gómez, Noel A. Ovelar, Oscar Luis Benítez, Vaciano R. Acosta, and Oscar Galeano Martínez.
In these places of confinement they found 15 cell phones, chips, a tablet, cash, a notebook and a router. Also, notebooks and other objects.
