Overview
- Judges declared valid an expansion of Peru’s active extradition bid against Erick Moreno to cover organized crime, extortion and attempted homicide charges.
- Prosecutors from Lima Noroeste’s Organized Crime Team 3, led by provincial prosecutor Edwin Velásquez, secured the decision.
- The court affirmed the double incrimination principle by finding the alleged conduct also constitutes crimes under Paraguayan statutes.
- Authorities ordered 36 months of preventive detention for Moreno in the related Peruvian case tied to the ‘Los Injertos del Cono Norte’ probe.
- Investigators describe a hierarchical network accused of extortion, armed intimidation and threats against transport operators and merchants in Lima Norte, with cooperation proceedings continuing in Paraguay.