Overview
- The Second Collegiate Criminal Court of Lima Norte sentenced Erick Luis Moreno Hernández, alias ‘El Monstruo’, to 35 years in prison on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, and ordered S/91,400 in civil reparations to the victims.
- Moreno publicly admitted during his final alegatos that he planned and led the March 2020 kidnappings of businessmen Erick Trujillo Torres and Milton Corrales Calla and said he owned the weapons used by the group.
- Prosecutors proved the gang used police-style vests, filmed victims under duress, and demanded ransom sums reported as high as about USD 300,000, with part of a payment delivered during the March 2020 extortion.
- A PNP rescue operation on March 15, 2020 freed the victims but produced an armed clash that led to the later death of suboficial William Ríos Cauti, a fact incorporated into the trial record.
- The ruling closes the oral-trial phase against Moreno and his co-defendants and is subject to normal notification and appeals, while authorities say the case is a key step in dismantling the Los Injertos de Lima Norte network.