Aragua Train Targets Congress: State Official Threats From Bloody Criminal Gang

On May 6, 2023, a worker’s dream began in the Republican Congress. Repeated calls started coming from the number +573177500992 from Colombia to the phone number assigned to him by the legislative branch. Soon there will be photos and text messages, in which the criminal mega-gang will issue death threats. Aragua train.

“My name is. Kelvin Ruiz… I’m going to give you a lot of lead… You cress. That. Pod. It’s a game for you. No,” read some of the messages sent to an employee of the Office of Citizen Participation, who is in charge of the first vice president. Congress. “There are Vs. To come that we are leaving you. Look at that uncle. It was the Aragua train. Is he Aragua train.” wrote the alleged band member.

According to testimony given to officers, the officer did not have the support of his colleagues, who issued a veiled threat to him. He lodged a complaint seeking change of number and gave his testimony to the Drinkery Kidnapping and Extortion Investigation Unit. National Police of Peru (PNP) has described this practice as extortion.

Peru 21’s note indicates that preliminary investigations began 20 days later. The Office of Citizen Participation has confirmed that this is the case in charge of the authorities of the Third Corporate Criminal Prosecutor of Cercado de Lima-Breña-Rímac-Jesus María. It should be recalled that the said office is held by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Congresswoman Martha Moyano.

The so-called Tren de Aragua has monopolized a wide variety of crimes in Peru, including extortion, payday loans, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking. These are active on social networks and have no qualms about sharing their criminal activities. On TikTok, several members of the ‘Aragua Train’ show off short- and long-range weapons and even grenades.

Apart from weapons, the luxuries they enjoy are also shared through networks. Lavish parties, brand name clothing, overpriced liquors and luxury watches are just some of the artefacts on view for any interested party in the south of Lima. They also showed the details of the apartment they live in, which has a rent of more than eleven thousand feet. Monthly.

The success of the so-called ‘Aragua Train’ responds to the search for lucrative criminal business opportunities. To the journalist Rhona Rizquez This has allowed the formation of alliances to “establish criminal practices that do not exist in the region”. This is despite the lack of military arms like the Mexican or Colombian cartels.

Within the criminal organization known as ‘Anjum’Aragua train‘, women play a very important role. They are just as dangerous, cunning, and violent as their male counterparts in this Venezuelan gang, but they distinguish themselves by being more calculating and organized. This information has been revealed by both police and experts.

They use their physical attractiveness to avoid raising suspicions about their connections or association with criminal gangs. However, in most cases, they are involved in the organization’s two main illegal businesses: human trafficking and Sexual exploitation.

While not possessing the scale of military power of Mexican cartels or Colombian groups, the Aragua train It was able to establish significant presence and control in various parts of Peru.

The latter has come at a high cost: confronting weapons against fear whenever they need it Peruvian bands They had the baton of several illegal businesses in Lima and the provinces. Police reports suggest that many national mafias have gone “missing” as a result of the war that these foreign groups have unleashed on our soil.

However, the defeat suffered by the Peruvian bands would not be the end of the war. Police sources said many have accepted that it is a losing battle and are already working to rehabilitate and deal with the blow to their colleagues. People of Venezuela. Meanwhile, the other guys have decided to “align” and “work” with the foreign group.