Overview

• Policía de Colombia arrested Alberto Carlos Mejía Hernández in Barrancabermeja on August 16 with INTERPOL’s assistance.
• Mejía Hernández is accused of killing José Reyes Ossa, the “Rey de Meiggs,” and was listed among Tren de Aragua’s most wanted operatives.
• He escaped custody after a July 9 discharge under an administrative order by Judge Irene Rodríguez and triggered an INTERPOL red notice three days later.
• Investigators say he paid a taxi 2.5 million pesos to travel from Santiago to Iquique before crossing irregularly into Peru near Chacalluta.
• Chilean prosecutors have launched a probe into the electronic release order that facilitated his flight.