The drug trafficking plot that shook Jump In recent months, new revelations have now been added that compromise the former local Security Secretary. Benjamin Cruz. Cruz is currently accused of influence peddling, within the framework of a case for the irregular visit of Darío Monges to the hitman Oscar Diaz in Oran prison.
WhatsApp messages recovered from Monges’ account were also added to this situation. through the, a fake lawyer murdered in 2022 judicial investigation.
Drug trafficking scandal in Salta
The aforementioned plot gained public notoriety last month, when the transfer of drug lord Cristian Gabriel Palavecino from Salta to the Federal Penitentiary Complex I of Ezeiza, with maximum security.
This fact exposed the video of a visit that the false lawyer had with the alleged head of the criminal organization, who at that time was a fugitive from Justice, in which he involved important politicians from that province with whom he claimed to have contacts. to “open routes”.
“I know who you are and I’m not going to come sell fruit to you, much less come to talk to someone your size, your class. You’re a powerful person and putting my skin at risk, what’s the point? “What’s the point of wasting my time and putting my life at risk?” Monges told him shortly after the talk began.
Mongess’ body was found on September 3, 2022, with five shots to the head, inside a truck he owned, in the El Círculo neighborhood, in the capital of Salta.
In the trial, the evidence and testimonies are evaluated, which is why Roberto Catalino Bejarano and his sons, Santiago and Roberto, who are accused of being responsible for the crime, are detained. The Federal Oral Court is made up of judges Marta Snopek, Federico Díaz and Mario Juárez Almaraz.
The video was extracted by a Gendarmerie expert from a Palavecino phone, in the context of another case, but when the images of the encounter appeared, it was contributed to this trial.
The dialogues on WhatsApp
Now, the messages recovered from Monges’ WhatsApp also appeared.
Benjamin Cruz: Don’t forget, friend, that there was a little balance left for the people of the North. I complied and more than what they asked of me.
Monks: Rest assured, friend, I will fulfill it for you without fail. I give you my word dear brother.
Benjamin Cruz: I know… You do know that I trust you.
Monks: Thanks brother, I’m now isolated with covid. Today they gave me the result.
Benjamin Cruz: Take care and speedy recovery brother. Whatever you need, just let me know. Even though I’m not here, I send people.
Subsequently, they exchanged messages related to the situation of Oscar “Cabezón” Díaz in the Orán prison.
Benjamin Cruz: The visiting day and time for the aforementioned inmate was established as Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for a period of one hour only for direct family members. On Wednesdays you can receive groceries like the rest of the inmates from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. On Friday, 05/27/22, Díaz Oscar Alberto received a visit from his mother, Mrs. Zenteno Patricia Alejandra, for a period of one hour from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Monks: Friend, they are going to receive it at 3:00 p.m. because I told them to go see it. There I read well hahahaha. Thanks my friend.
Benjamin Cruz: Yes, it is already authorized. But they can’t bring food today.”
Monks: Ok friend.
Later, Monges wrote to Cruz telling him that he was trying to enter the Orán prison to visit the hitman Díaz and asking for permission to enter. Later, he would do the same to refer to his concerns regarding his meeting in prison having been made public.
Monks: “And now….?”
Benjamin Cruz: Complicated!! Did you tell Mario?
Monks: No, nothing. To nobody.
Benjamin Cruz: Tomorrow I’ll text you and tell you where we’re meeting.
Monks: Okay.
In the following days, he wrote to Cruz three times trying to schedule a meeting with him, Mario and Daniel Moreno, but he received no response.
Source: Ambito
