Overview
- Peru’s prosecutors have requested 36 months of preventive detention for Erick Moreno Hernández, accused leader of Los Injertos del Cono Norte.
- Previously unseen videos and audios show victims bound and beaten and capture Moreno threatening relatives during ransom negotiations, including messages to the family of businessman Erick Alejandro Trujillo.
- A 2020 rescue operation by Dirincri and the Divise freed kidnap victims, and subofficer William Ríos Cauti later died from wounds sustained in the mission.
- Investigators say the seized phone of an accomplice known as “Cabeza de Pato” contained images and videos that helped confirm Moreno’s identity and leadership role.
- Moreno was arrested in Asunción and remains jailed in Paraguay pending extradition, as a prison diary by his partner Liseth Cruz Ruiz, “La Patrona,” adds allegations that investigators note will require court corroboration.