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Crime Boss Erick Moreno Captured in Paraguay After Cross-Border Probe

Peruvian authorities move to secure his return, with prosecutors preparing cases tied to kidnappings, extortion, and murder.

Erick Moreno Hernández, más conocido como 'El Monstruo'.
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Erick Moreno, 'El Monstruo'

Overview

  • Moreno, alias “El Monstruo,” was arrested in San Lorenzo following coordination between Peru’s organized-crime prosecutors, Dirincri, and Paraguayan police.
  • Investigators traced his movements through financial transfers linked to associate Grace Bados, whose March arrest and a subsequent call from Moreno helped pinpoint his location.
  • Authorities attribute to his network a pattern of filmed attacks, extortions, and kidnappings in Lima Norte districts using adolescent hitmen.
  • Cases tied to the group include the kidnappings of Jackeline Salazar, Lucero Trujillo, and a 12-year-old girl, as well as the killing of police brigadier Luis Carrasco Ramos.
  • He is held at Paraguay’s La Emboscada prison while Peru pursues expulsion or extradition; he already has a 32-year sentence and could face life in prison in Peru for aggravated kidnapping, with INPE set to seek his confinement at the Callao Naval Base.