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Puerto Gaboto Raids Net Two Arrests, 18 Pistols in Probe of 'Morocho' Mansilla Network

Prosecutors will seek formal charges next following the raids' transfer of the seized arsenal to court review.

Overview

  • Gendarmería Nacional carried out targeted searches in Puerto Gaboto at the request of prosecutor Paula Barros, detaining a man known as “Artur” and his partner.
  • Investigators identified the main detainee as Claudio Alberto L., described as a key collaborator of jailed narcotrafficker Claudio Javier “Morocho” Mansilla.
  • Authorities seized 18 pistols, ammunition, a ballistic vest, two cars, 12 phones, about 40,000 dollars and roughly two million pesos, plus small quantities of cocaine.
  • The case focuses on an alleged 21-person organization accused of systematic retail drug sales in Rosario’s barrio Godoy.
  • Judicial officials will analyze the seized items as the pair is slated for an imputative hearing at Rosario’s Centro de Justicia Penal.