Colombia.- Iván Duque announces the arrest of ‘quantity three’ of the criminal gang ‘Los Pelusos’

03/02/2020 The President of Colombia, Iván Duque POLITICA SOUTH AMERICA COLOMBIA LATIN AMERICA INTERNATIONAL STEFANI REYNOLDS / ZUMA PRESS / CONTACTOPHOTO

MADRID, 17 (EUROPA PRESS)

The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, has introduced the arrest in the final hours of Manuel Antonio Díaz Rueda, Alías ‘Milton’, third chief of the criminal gang ‘Los Pelusos’ in an operation of the Nationwide Police.

“It’s one of the most vital blows which were given to this construction. This topic, who was captured in the metropolis of Cúcuta, was carrying an assault rifle, had weapons that characterize a menace and that additionally constitutes the crime and unlawful possession of arms, “Duque highlighted, in response to the Caracol Radio station.

‘Milton’ “has been behind the homicide of social leaders and threatening the neighborhood in Catatumbo.” “The homicide of individuals in the course of of reincorporation has additionally been identified,” he indicated.

For his half, the deputy director of the Nationwide Police, Common Hoover Penilla, has indicated the detainee had been committing crimes for 17 years. “His seize presently represents the breakdown of this construction in a big half of its navy construction and its skill to disturb the tranquility of this sector of the nation,” he defined.

As well as, Duque has introduced that he has despatched a letter to the UN Secretary Common, António Guterres, to request the growth of the Company’s Verification Mission in Colombia to observe and confirm the utility of sanctions by the Particular Jurisdiction. of Peace (JEP) established by advantage of the peace settlement reached with the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016.

Lastly, Duque has referred to the loss of life threats made towards the eleven-year-old environmental activist Francisco Vera Manzanares and has urged the authorities to shortly discover these accountable for the intimidation.

“As we speak all the construction we’ve to make this traceability, when acts of menace and violence happen. Put it to work, Common Hoover Penilla, with the crew of our DIPOL judicial police. We’re going to discover these bandits who threatened to that youngster “, has raised.