The National Police of Peru (PNP) He assured that there are solid evidence that links Erick Moreno Hernández, aka “The monster”with Crimes of extortion, hired and homicide. Of being found guilty, I could face a sentence of more than 35 years in jailsaid the general commander of the institution, Victor Zanabria.
Zanabria said that the recent law on systematic crime will not be applied – which contemplates life imprisonment – since their crimes were committed before the promulgation of the norm. However, he warned that if new subsequent crimes are discovered, he could face it.
Capture in Paraguay
The leader of “The grafts of the northern cone” It was arrested in the city of San Lorenzo, 15 kilometers from Asunción, after a coordinated operation between the Peruvian police and the Paraguayan. Moreno had been hidden in a rented home when he was located and detained Wednesday night.
The police chief revealed that this was the third successful attempt to capture it, after two frustrated operations in Paraguay and two in Brazil. “We already had surrounded. His fall was a matter of time,” he said on TV Peru.
Strategy and monitoring
The PNP deployed a comprehensive strategy to corner it, which included cutting its emotional support – family and couples – and curbing the flow of money that financed its stay abroad. A follow -up to one of his partners allowed to discover clues that confirmed his whereabouts.
In parallel, the Peruvian government had approved in the Council of Ministers the extradition order, convinced that its capture was imminent.
Criminal history
Moreno had already been sentenced in 2023 to 32 years in prison due. In addition, the Mininter offered S/ 1 million reward for information about its whereabouts.
Among his most remembered crimes The kidnapping of the school Valeria Vásquez and the young Lucero Trujillo, both in Lima Norte. The kidnapping of two entrepreneurs is also attributed during the pandemic, operation in which Brigadier William Ríos Cauti died.
Natural of Ica and born in 1991, began his criminal career as a motorcycle taxi driver and got involved in the illegal sale of niches in the Belaúnde Cemetery of Comas. Subsequently, he led kidnappings, extortion and murders, consolidating himself as one of the most wanted criminals in the country.
“The capture of The monster Not only does it respond to a police effort, but also to international cooperation with Paraguay and Brazil. Today, his criminal history faces him to decades in prison, ”concluded Zanabria.
