The 4th Special Court of Control with Competence in Crimes Associated with Terrorism decreed the deprivation of liberty for Oswaldo José Cheremos Carrasquel (El Pelón Cheremos) who is listed as one of the suppliers of weapons to the Tren del Llano organization, according to judicial sources.
The hearing for the presentation of the detainee began on Thursday afternoon and ended on Friday morning at the Palace of Justice in Caracas. Judge José Macsimino Marquéz García explained the reason for the hearing and immediately gave the floor to the 73rd national prosecutor of the Public Ministry, Johannelis Escalona, who made a brief statement on how Cheremos Carrasquel was arrested.
At that point, prosecutor Escalona stated that Cheremos Carrasquel was arrested last Friday, October 21, at the facilities of the Terrazas del Tamanaco business premises, located in Zaraza, Guarico.
The representative of the Public Ministry explained that the arrest of Cheremos Carrasquel occurred after a video related to activities “allegedly by members of the international gang known as the Sinaloa Cartel” was broadcast on social networks. In the aforementioned video eleven people are displayed: 9 men and two women, carrying firearms, specified the Prosecutor’s Office.
After the presentation, prosecutor Escalona officially reported that the Public Ministry would prosecute Cheremos Carrasquel for the alleged commission of the crimes of terrorism, criminal association and illicit ammunition trafficking. The Prosecutor requested deprivation of liberty for Cheremos Carrasquel while the 45 days of investigation have elapsed.
Once the accusation was made, the defense attorneys of Cheremos Carrasquel took the floor and requested a precautionary measure so that their client could be prosecuted in freedom.
Judge Márquez García accepted the approaches of the Public Ministry and ordered the deprivation of liberty against the detainee, revealed the source.
Detention
The Bolivarian National Guard was the military component that carried out the arrest of Cheremos Carrasquel. The minutes corresponding to this procedure indicate that on a farm owned by Cheremos Carrasquel, located in the Los Recortes sector, San José de Unare parish, Pedro Zaraza municipality, Guarico, six firearms were located: a Maveri 88 shotgun 12ga gauge; a Franchi Model SPAS 15 12-gauge shotgun; a Scandinavian SZ550 22-caliber rifle with a telescopic sight; a 9-caliber submachine gun Atalanta GA Model GA USA. In addition to this, the military obtained 182 cartridges of various calibers, among others.
General Domingo Hernández Lárez, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Ceofanb), published on his Twitter account the material seized at the aforementioned farm and reported that the detainee was part of the Tren del Llano criminal organization. Hernández Lárez stressed that only the Venezuelan State can display weapons of war.
