Prosecutor investigates summarily release of "Caracol"

Suspicions. At the request of the Second Drug Prosecutor of Callao,

the anticorruption prosecutors will investigate the circumstances
that allowed Gerson Gálvez out of prison and evade an investigation
into international drug trafficking. Freedom Friday October 3, was
completed in just four hours.

Cesar Romero C.

Uncertainty, suspicion, uncertainty. This is what generated between prosecutors of

Callao's decision INPE to release the dangerous Gerson Adair Galvez Street, alias Caracol
or Doctor.

Galvez Street should serve a sentence of 15 years in prison for attempted murder,
aggravated robbery and drug trafficking on 16 October 2018 in the criminal Sarita Colonia
del Callao, but was released on 3 October last.

Since April this year, the prosecution of Callao had begun a new investigation into this
subject by intelligence pointing from that criminal organization led international drug
trafficking.

Under this investigation, the prosecution came to cellphone Gálvez and other inmates of
penal Sarita Colonia were using to coordinate various illegal activities: killings, extortion
and drug trafficking.

Eavesdropping, authorized by a judge, police and allowed to confirm information 16 to 17

last September, the anti-drug police arrested seven people, including burriers, collectors
drug and the drug makers put on clothes to wear outside.

On September 18, at night, 40 policemen and four Dirandro prosecutors wanted pave the
cell of prisoners "Caracol" Luis Ortega Córdova and Rafiq Jaboo Pati and were prevented
from fulfilling its mission. The inmates of the maximum security wing of Sarita Colonia,
where these individuals were detained, threatened to mutiny.

"Since then, the prosecution was visiting everyday criminal Sarita Colonia to interrogate
Galvez. We managed to interview the 26 September. We have crossed with the prison
director several times. Nobody said it was asking for his freedom and that would vacate,
"said prosecutor Paola Ariza, the Second Drug Prosecutor of Callao.
 "The judicial system is one and the Ministry of Justice , which oversees the INPE, also part
of the system, there must be coordination between all to work. We are not islands. They
knew we had an investigation against Galvez Street, "said the prosecutor.

Meanwhile, corruption prosecutor Herve Espinoza Aquino announced the initiation of an

investigation of this case. "There are situations that are not clear, they stink, generating
suspicious. We already have other allegations of corruption in the criminal Sarita Colonia
and we will investigate. As a country we are obliged to fight corruption of officials," said
Aquino .

RECORD

The Republic has had access to the file for the release of "Caracol". There he notes that
on 15 September 2014, Galvez asked the prison director to organize your records Benefit
Penitentiary sentence served by redemption work. Your request is dated 14 August
before.

"Caracol" was being held at that prison since October 19, 2003, which at the date of his
application met 10 years, 11 months and 15 days in prison sentence.

Although the order to form the record is September 15, all supporting documents were
generated after the INPE was aware of the new research Galvez Street.

Thus, the October 1, officials INPE Farfán Wilfredo Rivera and Ireland Gonzales Lopez,
workspace and marketing of Sarita Colonia, certified that during 2917 days work
performed Galvez jute fabric, "consisting of rug manufacturing or tissue boxes jute, jute
bags ".

That is to say, worked tirelessly throughout his time in prison, which is not observed in
tracks recorded by the police.

LEGAL REPORT

Then, on October 2, counsel Rosa Bustamante Flores issued the second document of
importance in this case. It is the Legal Report No. 337-2014, which in the header indicates
that Galvez Street is home to the sentence served with redemption by the study.

Well, it would be a mistake to rush or nervousness, because reference is then made to

work computer, allowing you to redeem, ie society forgiven, 48 months and 23 days
worth, for work done. That is, it is redemption for work, not for study.
 Thus says the legal report, Galvez has completed 15 years and 8 days worth, which
concludes the internal serving a sentence of 15 years who imposed the First Criminal
Court of Callao on January 27, 2005.

Also reports that, according to the Certificate No. 0009914, Sept. 23, approved by the
servant Milagros Aquije Osorio, "Caracol" no records another trial detention pending
mandated.

FOUR HOURS

However, Bustamante Flores suggests checking the copy of the judgment and others, as
sanctioned Law 27444 of administrative procedures. This suggests that Bustamente
believed there was no rush to meet the release and it would be best to verify all the
documents submitted so far.

But the decision already seems to be taken. The legal report, dated October 2, 2014, was
submitted to the secretariat of the prison director Sarita Colonia, at 16:00, October 3, ie,
near the close of regular schedule of care in the public administration.

However, immediately is attended by the director Obregón Maldonado, who proceeds to

issue the Directorial Resolution No. 042-2014-INPE / 18-221-D. Obregón writes a
sommelier of the sentence refers to negative criminal record certificate, certificate of
employment computation No. 221-2014 and expands on the legal report.

Obregón Maldonado resolved in Article 1 grant freedom serving sentences with sentence
remissions Galvez Street, Gerson Adair and article 2 has to communicate this resolution to
the Regional Director of the Office of Lima, the INPE.

This regional office is located in block 4 shred Carabaya in downtown Lima. Obregón
resolution is sent to the venue, the deputy director of the Prison record, Christian
Benavides Ampuero, who received at 5:29 pm, just 3 October.

Implying that Obregón drafted resolution in less than an hour and a half. The distance
between Sarita Colonia and the Pussycat Center is 40 minutes, with good traffic.

That afternoon, in response to the decision of the prison director Sarita Colonia,
Benavides Ampuero and administrative coach Javier Ortega Zorrilla 3198-2014 emit job
order the immediate release of Galvez Calle.

The release order returns to Callao and is received by the technical Vega Miranda, warden
of the group No. 3, at 20.00 hours, ie 8 pm. At that same time, Galvez Street stamp their
fingerprints and returns to the street where they expect their friends. In four hours liberty
consummated.

INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING

The wiretaps allowed to establish, according to the complaint filed by the prosecution,
which Gerson Galvez, with the title of "Doctor", finances and runs an organization that
sent human donkeys and clothing impregnated with drugs to the Middle East, through
Brazil.

The other financiers of this organization are the Peruvian Luis Fernando Ortega Córdova
(a) José Luis and Iraqi Rafiq Jaboo Pati (a) Rafi. In addition to other caregivers receive
remittances inside and outside the country under investigation.

In Brazil, was arrested Melchi Lewis Inuma Piña when he arrived with a suitcase full of
clothes impregnated with 13 kilos of cocaine. The cargo was bound for Cairo, Egypt.

SNAIL

After spending time in Maranga, Gerson Adair Galvez Street was arrested after wounding
a policeman, who intervened when assaulted some people, entering the prison on
October 20, 2003, with 20 years of age.

In a few years in the criminal Sarita Colonia became one of the men fuerntes criminal. In
the maximum security wing at his disposal three cells: one for him, one for her and one for
counter "vests" protecting him day and night.

Since 2012, the police had information indicating that from the penalty Sarita Colonia,
"Caracol" ran a "union" dedicated to extortion and killings, and most recently the
international drug trade. He became a recluse with lots of money and power, the
researchers say.

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Top Peru Crime Boss Captured in Colombia

Written by Mike LaSusa - MAY 2, 2016

Colombia

Peru

Police photo of "Caracol" after his arrest

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Colombian authorities have detained and deported one of Peru’s most sought-after
criminal suspects, signaling a potential shake-up in the Peruvian underworld.

On April 30, police in Medellín arrested Gerson Aldair Gálvez Calle, alias “Caracol,” the
reputed leader of the Barrio King crime group, which is based in Callao — Peru’s most
important seaport.

Caracol was transferred to Peru on a Peruvian Air Force plane on May 1 and is currently
being held in a maximum-security facility.

The suspected crime boss is believed to have fled Peru after being released from prison in
October 2014. Serving a sentence for attempted homicide and armed robbery, press
reports suggest he may have threatened or bribed officials from the National Penitentiary
Institute (Instituto Nacional Penitenciario – INPE) in order to secure his early release.

A number of media outlets have described Caracol as “the new ‘El Chapo,'” referring to
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican leader of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel who was re-
captured in January after escaping from prison in July 2015.

Although the description of Caracol as the “new ‘El Chapo'” may be overblown, he was
clearly an important figure in Peru’s criminal landscape. RPP Noticias reports that the
Barrio King organization headed by Caracol had “absolute hegemony” over bribery and
extortion rackets in Callao, and that the group had used its control over the shipping
center to facilitate drug trafficking.

The Peruvian National Police had been closely tracking Caracol’s international movements
for several weeks before his arrest, according to El Comercio. In late March Caracol was
detected in Ecuador, reportedly making his way to Panama before entering Colombia.
Police sources say that he was traveling with a forged Ecuadoran passport.

La República reports that authorities believe Caracol’s presence in Medellín can be

explained by two factors: his desire to be closer to his wife, who was residing in that city,
and his plans to forge drug trafficking ties with the Oficina de Envigado network.

InSight Crime Analysis

Caracol’s capture could have implications for Callao’s criminal future. The Barrio King
organization suffered a previous blow in November 2015, when Peruvian authorities
rounded up more than 20 suspected members of the organization. It is possible that the
arrest of Barrio King’s top leader could further weaken the group.
However, the vast potential for illicit profits in Peru’s most important port city — Callao is
a major drug transshipment hub — virtually ensures that other organizations will attempt
to fill any void created by Barrio King’s demise. And that could be a bloody process. In
December 2015, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency in
Callao due to high levels of violence attributed to crime groups battling for control over
the lucrative territory.