The National Police of Peru (PNP) captured four alleged members of the criminal gang the “COVID-19 Truchos”, dedicated to selling false vaccination cards against the coronavirus in Arequipa for the modest price of 140 soles.
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According to Latina, the subjects registered unvaccinated citizens in the Ministry of Health (Minsa) system as if they had all the doses against the coronavirus in order to access public places. Let’s remember that it is mandatory to have all the vaccines to enter shopping malls, markets, among others.
They were agents of the Divincri de Arequipa who detected this unusual event on social networks. After agreeing to a meeting with the criminals to request this false certificate, the Police went to a gallery located on Av. Jorge Chávez where They arrested Jefferson Calzín and Fernando Córdova.
Days later, two more suspects turned up. “There was a specific case there that has allowed us to go to Camaná where two people have been detained in the Camaná hospital. A virtual record was found”detailed the PNP Miguel Cayetano, head of the ninth macro police region.
It was there that María Alvarado and Jorge Calderón, workers at the Samuel Pastor hospital and who would be in charge of registering the vaccines in the system, were captured.