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Police Detain Alleged VRAEM Clan Leader ‘Black Widow’ With 65 Kilos of Cocaine

Prosecutors have the case to pursue the clan’s routes to foreign buyers.

Overview

  • Anti-drug agents stopped a Mazda with plate BUS-159 at the Huillque toll plaza in Ancahuasi, Anta, Cusco, in a Dirandro-led operation.
  • Inspectors found concealed compartments under the front seats holding roughly 60 bricks totaling more than 65 kilos, with some packages marked by a dolphin logo, according to police.
  • Nena Soto Contreras was detained with her partner Freddy Laurente Gómez and her son Carlos Guillén Soto, pointing investigators to a family-run trafficking structure.
  • Authorities say the load likely belonged to a larger shipment broken into fragments from the VRAEM toward consolidation points and a route that reportedly leads to Bolivia.
  • The February 2 interception, publicly confirmed in March, has been referred to the Ministerio Público, and the case follows her 2012 cocaine conviction and 2019 release that police say preceded a return to the trade.