Overview
- Four suspects were detained in coordinated searches in Mar del Plata, Santa Clara del Mar and Buenos Aires, including a 52‑year‑old Syrian woman, a 33‑year‑old Tunisian man, a 49‑year‑old Moroccan man and a 60‑year‑old Argentine, and they will be questioned by federal Judge Santiago Inchausti.
- Prefectura and Migraciones executed seven raids that seized nine firearms — among them a Sabatti ST‑18 .308 rifle and a Walther MP5 .22 — along with thousands of rounds, 3.47 kg of gunpowder, reloading equipment, electronics and documentation.
- Prosecutors Santiago Eyherabide, Alejandra Mángano and Santiago Marquevich report the ring charged tens of thousands of dollars to secure entry, residency or citizenship through sham marriages, misuse of refugee status and efforts to evade border controls.
- The case began with a March 2024 DNIC alert about an Egyptian asylum seeker reportedly linked to an ex‑Al‑Qaeda operative, a connection investigators have not corroborated as they instead mapped facilitation networks with contacts in countries including Egypt and Turkey.
- In a separate action, Argentine federal police with Interpol and Peru’s Interior Ministry captured Deivi Junior Romero Ullilen, known as ‘El Jorobado Deivi,’ in Buenos Aires, and he remains in custody pending extradition on narcotrafficking and extortion charges tied to an attack on Trujillo’s prosecutor’s office.