Overview

• Erick Luis Moreno Hernández, leader of Los Injertos del Cono Norte, was arrested in a house in San Lorenzo in a joint Peru–Paraguay police operation, and authorities say he did not resist.
• Interior Minister Carlos Malaver said 3 to 3.5 months of coordinated work following the route of the money and new account-freeze tools were decisive, alongside prior arrests of about 35 associates.
• Peru has activated expedited transfer procedures, with Col. José Manuel Cruz Chamba dispatched to Paraguay after an extradition pathway was preapproved by the Council of Ministers.
• Moreno had been a fugitive since July 2022, held a prior 32-year sentence in Peru, and used false documents and altered his appearance to evade capture, according to officials.
• Media reports describe alleged ties to Brazil’s PCC and note a failed June 2025 attempt to capture him in São Paulo, as well as an unverified claim that a tip from Peru nearly compromised the Paraguay raid.