Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Borras Brothers Arrested in Villa Eloísa Narco Plane Case

The arrests point to a regional logistics network that used clandestine flights with satellite links.

Overview

  • Gendarmería captured Santiago and Juan Cruz Borras in Funes, with a woman also detained in the same operation.
  • Federal prosecutors had sought their arrest in the case of a Cessna 210 with a falsified registration that landed in Villa Eloísa with about 321 kilos of cocaine.
  • The aircraft carried satellite communication gear, including a Starlink antenna, and two Bolivian crew members identified as the pilot and co‑pilot were detained at the landing site.
  • Raids in Roldán, Melincué and Miguel Torres recovered weapons, drug‑packaging equipment, documents and phones that will undergo forensic analysis.
  • Prosecutors link the shipment to a structure tied to Brian Bilbao, and the case also notes gunfire, burned vehicles and a gendarme injured during the takedown who is reported out of danger.