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3mo ago

Judge Orders 12 Months Pretrial Detention for Alleged Police Extortion Ring in Ate Vitarte

Prosecutors say videos, chat logs and seized devices show officers staged fake Carretera Central checkpoints to extract payments, with internal police oversight supporting the investigation.

Así operaba la presunta mafia policial que extorsionaba choferes en Ate: cobraban hasta S/500 para evitar multas
Una presunta banda conformada por nueve policías fue capturada por realizar falsos operativos para cobrar coimas.

Overview

  • The court granted prosecutors’ request on Monday, sending the accused officers to 12 months of preventive detention while the Fiscalía Anticorrupción builds formal charges.
  • Investigators say the group staged fake traffic controls near Huachipa on the Carretera Central and demanded payments from drivers to avoid fines.
  • Evidence collected after months of Inspectoría PNP surveillance includes videos, phones, SIM cards, USB drives, cash, WhatsApp chats and bank vouchers.
  • Prosecutors allege payments ranged from S/300 to S/500 in some cases and that officers used cash, mobile apps such as Yape and Plin, forced bank withdrawals and bank-agent deposits as collection methods.
  • Reporting differs on the tally of detained officers—nine reported by one outlet and ten by another—and prosecutors are probing alleged leadership by Comisario José Humberto Velásquez Céspedes and possible internal information leaks.