Overview
- The Policía Federal Argentina, acting on an order from San Martín Federal Court No. 2 under Judge Alicia Vence, executed coordinated raids across San Martín, Hurlingham, La Matanza and Buenos Aires neighborhoods.
- Eight suspects were detained and officers seized about nine kilos of cocaine, ten of marijuana and 100 doses of tusi, along with pistols and revolvers hidden inside a drainage grate.
- Investigators intercepted a cash handoff between vehicles and described a 12-hour shift system that collected roughly ARS 10,000,000 per shift at multiple street retail points.
- Authorities secured ARS 14,683,500 in cash, vehicles, tactical gear and phones, and recovered USD 490,000 from a Banco Ciudad safe-deposit box linked to a detainee.
- Judicial and police sources link the group to the clan led by imprisoned Miguel Ángel “Mameluco” Villalba, whose separate carfentanil-related trial is ongoing, and the probe continues into alleged money-laundering channels and possible collusion.