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Peru Detains Suspected 'La Guerrilla Pobre' Members in Murder and Trafficking Case

Police say the raids targeted a Tren de Aragua offshoot that forced women into sex work for payments sent to leaders abroad.

Overview

  • Police captured Pedro Jesús Aguiar Célis in Tumbes and Jacsell José Mujica Marcano in Lima on Wednesday.
  • Coordinated raids across Cusco, Lima, Callao, and Tumbes followed three months of intelligence work and led to at least 16 detentions with guns and phones seized.
  • Authorities say Aguiar organized the ring and ordered the killing of Paraguayan national Deysi González in Wanchaq, while Mujica allegedly drove the getaway car.
  • Prosecutors describe a scheme that used fake job offers to bring women to Cusco, then forced sex work in nightclubs and collected S/200 to S/250 each week, affecting about 200 women.
  • Investigators traced the weekly payments to a leader based in the United States, and they plan a second phase to find the gunman and remaining suspects.