Miguel Insfrán, aka Tío Rico.
The Brazilian Federal Police arrested this afternoon in Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Insfrán Galeano, alias Tío Rico, leader of the clan that bears his last name and has had an Interpol code red for two years.
One of the most wanted men in the framework of the A Ultranza operation, MMiguel Insfrán Galeano, was detained in Brazil, as confirmed by the State Attorney General, Sandra Quiñónez to the station 1080 AM.
He recalled that the International Affairs prosecutor Manuel Doldán and the prosecutor Marcos Alcaraz are in charge of the case who will carry out the first steps and only in the course of hours and tomorrow, they will begin to give more details in this regard.
Being a citizen of Paraguayan nationality, there should be no problem for Brazil to agree to extradite Insfrán to our country, which It would take time, since expulsion is unlikely, according to Quiñónez.
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In addition to the drug scheme that involves him in the A Ultranza operation, Insfrán appears in the investigation of the murder of Marcelo Pecci. His participation is one of the edges of the investigation. Prosecutor Quiñónez confirmed it.
According to the Senad, Insfran began in the criminal field in the year 2000, with robberies, disarmament of vehicles and reduction. This allowed him to contact criminal structures in Bolivia, where at that time stolen cars were sold in Paraguay.
Subsequently he began to dabble in drug trafficking, until he formed a solid criminal base that provided logistical support for drug trafficking by air and by land.
Its tentacles and nexuses included: contact with suppliers of cocaine hydrochloride in different production areas, the provision of landing strips, fuel and necessary equipment, in geographical locations within Paraguayan territory that were strategic for the transit and collection of illicit shipments.
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Besides It had aircraft, vehicles and large trucks that were even conditioned with double bottom structures.
It was also owner of large warehouses in the vicinity of Asunción and close to ports, with the capacity to protect large trucks.
In it 2020 grew through companies run by front men, used for international trade operations, which allowed it to maintain links with transnational criminal organizations, with which, according to the Senad, was associated to transport large quantities of cocaine hydrochloride.
with these activities he amassed a fortune and this, in turn, forced him to create companies to establish an extensive money laundering schemewhich covered the acquisition of high-value movable and immovable propertymany of which were registered in the name of front men.
The wash included Revival Convention Center CCA, based in Colombia under the name Centro Mundial de Avivamiento, whose Pastor was his brother José Alberto Insfrán Galeano.
In the scheme, always according to the Senad, there is also the Cooperative San Cristóbal LTDA, through which he made millionaire loans and check discounts on behalf of Clan members and others who acted as front men.
It was also crally driver since 2013. The vehicles carried his alias Tío Rico and since then he has become much better known by this name. In 2021 he bought a Skoda Fabia Rally2 EVO chassis 105, valued at 250,000 euros.
