Overview

• Erick Moreno Hernández, alleged boss of Los Injertos del Cono Norte with a prior 32‑year sentence in Peru, was arrested on 24 September in San Lorenzo after months of coordinated intelligence work.
• Paraguayan judges ordered preventive detention at the Martín Mendoza prison in Emboscada, and prosecutors may open a parallel case over a falsified passport and ID.
• Paraguay says five countries, including the United States, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, have filed extradition requests, and officials note expulsion on migration grounds could occur quickly.
• Police in Paraguay say Moreno tried to buy his freedom, offering up to US$1 million and pledging to quintuple any bounty, as investigators seized phones now queued for judicial transfer to Peru.
• Peru’s justice minister cites an inquiry into “two or three” PNP officers suspected of leaking operations, while Paraguayan media dispute Lima’s role in the raid and Moreno publicly denies some kidnappings and alleges police corruption.