This is Jonatan “Jonita” Riquelme, brother of the Rosario drug boss Fran Riquelme, linked to the threats against the governor of Santa Fe. They captured him along with his partner in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito.
Jonatan “Jonita” Riquelme He was arrested by the City Police this Saturday in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito. The 30-year-old man was a fugitive for crimes linked to drug trafficking: he had an arrest warrant for a case of double homicide and illicit association linked to the Alvarado clan. The criminal is the brother of Francisco “Fran” Ezequiel Riquelme, one of the most important drug traffickers in Rosariowho is targeted for threats against the governor of Santa Fe Maximiliano Pullaro.
Riquelme’s arrest took place at 300 Colpayo Street, after the agents observed him leaving a building with his partner, Jael G. Both were immediately apprehended by the Santa Fe Police and the Anti-Drug Division of the Santa Fe Police. the City, which collaborated in the operation.
“Jona” is considered the executing arm of his brother “Fran” Riquelmeleader of a gang associated with drug lord Esteban Lindor Alvarado. Francisco is currently incarcerated in the Marcos Paz Penitentiary Complex II. He was arrested in April 2020 and spent time in the Rosario Piñero prison and Ezeiza before being transferred to Marcos Paz due to episodes that threatened the internal security of the Ezeiza prison.
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Threats to Maximiliano Pullaro: the brother of a drug lord from Rosario was arrested
“Fran” Riquelme was identified by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich as the main suspect in the threats suffered by the governor of Santa Fe, Maximiliano Pullaro. Riquelme, his wife and part of his gang were accused of attacks and shootings at police stations and schools. It would also be behind clashes with groups linked to the Cantero family, the hard core of “Los Monos”, historically opposed to Alvarado.
At the beginning of this year, Riquelme was awaiting two oral trials. In one, which is being processed in federal jurisdiction, he is accused of being the supplier of cocaine to a gang known as “Los Tripis.”
In another case, which is in the provincial jurisdiction, he is accused of trying to kill Mariana Ortigala, a trusted woman of Alvarado who betrayed him, testified against him and joined the side of “Guille” Cantero.
Ariel “Guille” Cantero (leader of “Los Monos”) and Peruvian Julio Rodríguez Granthon, one of Rosario’s main drug suppliers, are also housed in the Marcos Paz prison under a strict control regime.
Source: Ambito
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