Overview
- The Comando Unificado operation, which took place Sunday, captured Juver Jair Carbajal Cruz (alias ‘Goku’) and detained dozens of suspected La Gran Alianza members in the Los Cedros/Marleni area of Pataz.
- Authorities reported transfers under strict security to Trujillo for the detainees, though official counts vary between 18 and 20 people and reports note two minors among those taken into custody.
- Security forces confiscated an arsenal that included a Galil rifle with a filed serial number, two R-15 rifles, a Deryan pistol, roughly 680 rounds, 18 dynamite cartridges, dozens of detonators and blasting cord.
- Officials say ‘Goku’ is a principal lieutenant linked to Miguel ‘Cuchillo,’ who is held in Colombia, and that this is a second capture after an earlier fiscal release; FECOR in La Libertad will lead prosecutions and forensic inquiries.
- Government leaders hailed the raid as a blow to criminal groups that profit from illegal mining, and investigators warn the case could trigger further operations, prosecutions and forensic work to connect suspects to past murders.