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Interpol Issues Red Notice for Venezuelan Hitman Freed in Chile Court Error

Santa Cruz authorities circulated his description under a new Interpol alert with Chilean prosecutors probing a possibly manipulated electronic release order

Overview

  • The Santa Cruz Ministry of Security issued an Interpol red notice and distributed a flyer detailing Mejía Hernández’s height, morena complexion and a Zeus tattoo, urging the public to call 911 with any information.
  • Provincial police and Gendarmería Nacional have heightened vigilance at informal crossings along the Patagonia border despite no confirmed sightings in Santa Cruz.
  • Chile’s Policía de Investigaciones elevated the case internationally after fingerprint analysis revealed that he had been detained under the alias Osmar Alexander Ferrer Ramírez.
  • Santiago prosecutors have launched a parallel probe into whether the electronic excarceration order signed July 10 by Judge Inés Rodríguez was falsified or manipulated.
  • Alberto Carlos Mejía Hernández is accused of the June 19 slaying of businessman José Felipe Reyes Ossa in Santiago as part of an alleged Tren de Aragua hit.