The National Gendarmerie dismantled a dangerous gang made by barrabravas of the Los Andes clubdedicated to drug trafficking and the money laundering. In the operation they were captured 16 peopleamong them, the leader of the organizationnicknamed “Tintin”.
The investigations to find this criminal network were carried out by members of the Complex Crimes and Judicial Procedures Investigation Unit “Southern Belt” and members of the Economic Crimes Investigation Group of the GNAalong with other units of the Force and with the intervention of the Federal Court of Lomas de Zamora.
The uniformed officers carried out intelligence tasks over the course of two years and three monthsfor Identify drug trafficking and money laundering maneuvers of an organization that would operate in different places in the Buenos Aires towns of Moreno, Ezeiza, Lomas de Zamora and Alejandro Korn.
Investigation and raids: what they discovered and why they fell
The gendarmes established that the gang was made up of brave bands from Club Atlético Los Andes and family members (the wife of the main investigator, who would act as his right hand) who presented different hierarchies between them. Among the network’s activities, there was the distribution of narcotics, before, during and after each sporting event in which they participated. Other crimes were also confirmed, such as money laundering, illicit enrichment and threats.
Furthermore, the troops were able to determine that through the facade of a construction company Were performed extortions to achieve contracts with different entities. The leader of the organization, “Tintin” and his henchmen, had ties to a construction union. In this framework, as was learned, they toured works and They threatened workers who were not under any union.
As a result of these criminal activities, the people involved had a excessive monthly economic incomewhich They decided to whitewash by creating companies that only appeared on paperbut They did not have operational capacity. As a result of these investigations, it was possible to identify 39 properties (including homes, a barbershop, a warehouse and an accounting studio) where the members resided and others were used to make legal income from the money generated by said crimes.
Given these facts, officials They raided the propertieswhere They arrested the 16 members of the gang and Marijuana doses and plants were seized, 43 firearms, ammunition, chargersa millionaire sum of money, 33 cell phonesstorage and surveillance devices.
Likewise, Force personnel seized 23 ground balls (between trucks, cars and motorcycles) and important documentation for research. One of the inspections was at a bank branch, where the criminal organization’s accountant had security boxes.
Who is Tintin, the leader of the band?
The leader of the organization is a citizen of Dominican nationality and was linked to an event that occurred on July 21, 2013 when a armed confrontation between two factions of “La 12” Front of San Lorenzo courtleft two people dead and several injured.
Furthermore, in July 2021was arrested (at the time he regained his freedom) for having been involved in another armed confrontationbut this time with the brave group of the “Excursionistas” Club because it was intended control the bars of Boca Juniors, Los Andes and Excursionistas.
In turn, last year his group had a armed confrontation with another faction of the Andes at the door of a school.
Source: Ambito
