# Bolivia Captures 'Jhonsson Pulpo', Alleged Head of Transnational Criminal Group

Bolivian and Peruvian police captured Johnson Smit Cruz Torres, alias 'Jhonsson Pulpo', in La Paz.

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The National Police of Peru (PNP) and the Bolivian Police captured Johnson Smit Cruz Torres, alias 'Jhonsson Pulpo', on Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. Bolivia time in an apartment building at Isaac Tamayo 661 in La Paz. [^1]

Peruvian Interior Minister César Astudillo confirmed the capture and identified Torres as the main leader of the criminal organization Los Pulpos. [^2]

The operation involved agents from the Bolivian Cybercrime Division, the DEA in Peru, the Special Investigations Division of the Anti-Drug Directorate (Dirandro), the Special Group against Organized Crime of the PNP, and the FBI team operating in Lima. [^3]

Torres is wanted on an international arrest warrant for qualified homicide, mercenary work, organized crime, and aggravated kidnapping. [^4]

Jhonsson Cruz Torres was detained on an international warrant and arrest order issued by the Third Collegated Provincial Superior Criminal Court of La Libertad, Peru. [^5]

The capture was the result of an international intelligence operation involving the Peruvian FBI-Lima, DEA Peru, and Bolivian police divisions, coordinated to locate the fugitive. [^6]

The Peruvian Ministry of Interior stated that Cruz Torres was sentenced to life imprisonment in March 2020 for aggravated robbery with subsequent death involving the murder of a merchant in Trujillo. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. The National Police of Peru (PNP) and the Bolivian Police captured Johnson Smit Cruz Torres, alias 'Jhonsson Pulpo', on Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. Bolivia time in an apartment building at Isaac Tamayo 661 in La Paz. (elcomercio.pe, News)
2. Peruvian Interior Minister César Astudillo confirmed the capture and identified Torres as the main leader of the criminal organization Los Pulpos. (elcomercio.pe, News)
3. The operation involved agents from the Bolivian Cybercrime Division, the DEA in Peru, the Special Investigations Division of the Anti-Drug Directorate (Dirandro), the Special Group against Organized Crime of the PNP, and the FBI team operating in Lima. (elcomercio.pe, News)
4. Torres is wanted on an international arrest warrant for qualified homicide, mercenary work, organized crime, and aggravated kidnapping. (elcomercio.pe, News)
5. Jhonsson Cruz Torres was detained on an international warrant and arrest order issued by the Third Collegated Provincial Superior Criminal Court of La Libertad, Peru. (La República.pe, News)
6. The capture was the result of an international intelligence operation involving the Peruvian FBI-Lima, DEA Peru, and Bolivian police divisions, coordinated to locate the fugitive. (La República.pe, News)
7. The Peruvian Ministry of Interior stated that Cruz Torres was sentenced to life imprisonment in March 2020 for aggravated robbery with subsequent death involving the murder of a merchant in Trujillo. (La República.pe, News)

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