They arrested members of a faction suspected of being linked to “Los Pulpos” for extorting money from a school in Trujillo

this National Police Reports on arrests of suspected gang members “Public Forum”According to the investigation, the organization is a faction of the criminal organization “octopus”.

Those who intervene They were charged with extortion against the Montalcini Schoolin the city Trujilloarea free.

It should be remembered that the learning center was attacked less than two weeks ago when unknown persons detonated explosives during classes.

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Agents of the Extortion and Kidnapping Unit of the National Police Criminal Investigation Department (Divincri) carried out a large-scale operation during the delivery of 15,000 soles, the amount demanded by the aforementioned criminal gang from the educational institution.

After the payment, the troops captured four people in different parts of the El Porvenir Trujillo district who, according to the authorities, were acting under the orders of Oscar Smit Cruz Basilio, son of Miller Cruz Arce (the “first leader of Los Pulpos’), and his cousin. Johnson Smit Cruz Torresthe current leader of the organization.

The detainees were identified as Guillermo Roaldo Calderon Vanes (39), Marisol Angelica Chavez Basilio (18) and two minors aged 16 and 11.

During the investigation, a car and eight mobile phones were seized.