Overview
- Peruvian and Argentine police, working with Interpol, located and detained Deivi Junior Romero Ullilen in Buenos Aires.
- Authorities identify Romero Ullilen as an alleged leader of the ‘Los Compadres’ network tied to narcotrafficking, extortion and contract killings in La Libertad.
- He is under investigation for the January 20 attack on the Trujillo prosecutor’s office and for intimidation targeting an organized-crime prosecutor, according to police.
- Police say he had been on Peru’s most-wanted list with an active Interpol Red Notice and used false identities while hiding in Argentina.
- Prosecutors link ‘Los Compadres’ to at least eleven murders in the region and connect Romero Ullilen to a 2022 kidnapping that demanded $300,000, as extradition steps proceed in Argentina.