“Operation Damasco” is part of an investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime, with which they are after a criminal network allegedly led by Carlos Roberto Aguilar, alias “Robert”.
The National Police reported that on Wednesday afternoon they apprehended José Manuel Cortez Batista, alias “Mocho.”
As a result of “Operation Damasco”, Cortez Batista was on the list of the most wanted for the crime of organized crime.
The “Damasco operation” is part of an investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime, which is after a criminal network allegedly led, among others, by Carlos Roberto Aguilar, alias “Robert”.
According to the prosecution, the Humildad y Pureza (HP) gang – and of which alias Mocho would be a part – is a criminal group responsible for activities of illicit association, hired killers, drug trafficking and illicit association and that would have a close collaboration with the Clan of the Gulf.