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Police Recapture Fugitive Clan Leader at Toledo Restaurant After Eight-Month Hunt

The Los Hilarios boss fled Villanubla in February hidden inside a parcel on a luggage cart.

Overview

  • Policía Nacional arrested Ángel Benito Moreno at a service-area restaurant in Casarrubios del Monte, Toledo, concluding an eight-month search.
  • Officers also detained a 26-year-old man as a suspected accomplice for concealment.
  • Upon identification, the fugitive presented a manipulated driving licence with his photograph and a relative’s personal data.
  • Moreno was serving a 28-year sentence for organized crime, drug trafficking, money laundering and document fraud, with an additional requisition from the Cáceres provincial court for falsedad documental.
  • The probe involved UDYCO Central, Plasencia judicial police and a fugitives unit using surveillance, security footage and social‑media analysis, after three inmates were previously arrested as alleged collaborators and the Villanubla prison director was removed.