In a resent interview with ‘Successful’. The former head of the Special Brigade against the Crime of Lima NorteFrancisco Rivadeneyra, revealed that Juan José Santiváñezwhen he was Minister of the Interior, he passed it to retirement because he was in the footsteps of Erick Moreno Hernándezaka “The monster“
He also said that, months ago, Santiváñez knew about the performance of an operation to capture El Monster, but never came. “He went out to deny it and I passed the evidence of that meeting and now boast of saying that this whole procedure began in its management when it is not. It is a lie, a unique cynicism,” he said.
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Rivadeneyra also referred to the videos of April of Paraguay, where Erick Moreno affirms that the voice of the Dirincri has already passed the statements of the Moreno couple when it was capture, which indicates that a police officer informed him that he was being persecuted. “There are the tests,” he says.
Who is Erick Moreno Hernández, aka “The Monster”?
At 42, Erick Moreno Hernández is identified by the Ministry of Interior as the leader of the grafts of the North Cone, a criminal organization based in Lima Norte and presence in several regions of the country.
According to the investigations, the band committed extortion kidnappings, homicides on request, collection of quotas to carriers and merchants, in addition to arms and drug trafficking, among other serious crimes. Between 2023 and 2024 he was linked to at least three kidnappings, including that of businesswoman Jackeline Salazar, who remained eleven days captive in a building conditioning to prevent any contact with the outside. The group used encrypted phones and safe digital systems that facilitated their operation inside and outside Peru.
Investigations also indicate a protection and corruption network with contacts in public entities, which would have frustrated several police interventions. Telephone interceptions reveal that Moreno coordinated with his main collaborators, Yojairo Arancibia (“JJ”) and Jeffrey Hidalgo (“Chechete”), possible attacks against police stations and construction works such as retaliation or intimidation mechanism. In those dialogues, phrases such as “we have to kill singers” or “one must knock down”, which exhibit the coldness with which they planned high -impact crimes are heard.
One of the most alarming plans contemplated the acquisition of a “kamikaze” drone for S/3,000 to use it against a police installation. In another audio, Moreno supports several murders, including the singer Paul Flores, known as “El Russo”, occurred shortly before the attack with explosives against a bus from the Musical Group Harmony 10.
