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Trujillo Police Dismantle Extortion Cell Allegedly Run From Prison by ‘Mickey Mouse of Crime’

Judges granted seven days of preliminary detention pending analysis of evidence seized in coordinated raids.

Overview

  • Officers arrested Andrés Jhonatan Villa Ávalos, Vanesa Rodríguez Rodríguez and Kimberly Lisseth Villa Rodríguez during a 6:30 a.m. operation in Alto Trujillo.
  • Searches of two properties yielded multiple mobile phones, eight SIM cards, microSD memory cards, a bank card and notebooks with alleged extortion records.
  • Police also searched the leader’s cell at El Milagro prison and reported finding a notebook with phone numbers and names tied to new threats.
  • The 1st Preparatory Investigation Court at the CISAJ El Porvenir authorized the preliminary detention order following the Depincri Este and Divincri operation.
  • Investigators are pursuing additional victims and examining whether the network involved relatives of the incarcerated suspect, including a reported S/15,000 demand with death threats to a businessman.