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]

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elcomercio.pePeru

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

elcomercio.pePeru

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.pePeru

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

elcomercio.pePeru

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.pePeru

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.pePeru

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.pePeru

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