Overview
- DIRANDRO detained Edison Romero Parga on Dec. 22 at Jorge Chávez International Airport as he returned from Spain, and he remains in custody.
- He was formally notified that a Puerto Rico court has requested his extradition to face narcotrafficking charges, with legal proceedings pending.
- Investigators report he ran clandestine labs that converted cocaine into rigid or flexible resins integrated into tiles, sneaker soles, turntables, and synthetic wood to defeat scanners, reagents, and detection dogs.
- Travel records indicate more than 65 international trips and operations touching France, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, with his targeting linked to a $300 million synthetic-wood cocaine seizure that elevated him as a DEA priority.
- DIRANDRO asserts his brother is already imprisoned for similar offenses and alleges the father’s involvement, as probes examine a possible family-based network.