He faked his death and altered his look through cosmetic procedures to prevent being captured.
However, Jhonsson Smit Cruz Torres, the frontman of the potent Colombian band" The Pulps," was detained on Tuesday in a massive activity in Bolivia.
Authorities in Bolivia claim that he was discovered in La Paz and that despite his best efforts to escape, he was detained and later handed over to Colombian justice.
According to Colombian press, the 29-year-old man," Jhonsson Pulpo," was charged with an foreign arrest warrant for extortion, kidnapping, and domestic violence.
He was likewise referred to as one of the country's most wanted thieves.
In fact, those who provided information for their capture received a reward of 500 000 soles ( roughly US$ 188 ).
The police of Bolivia and Peru, along with a delegation from the FBI and the U. S. Drug Control Administration ( DEA ), collaborated to launch the operation that ended with its fall.
According to Interior Minister César Astudillo," This fall did open many lights and several doors too," making reference to the existence of at least 100 members of this judicial organization.
We have a mural of judicial group leaders and are behind them, he continued, adding that this is not the only one.
Gabriel Alexander Saal Mendocilla Gómez, a 23-year-old member of" Los Pulpos," was also captured in the activity that was planned since January.
The Colombian police identify him as a member of the next generation of a family clan that originated in Trujillo, on Peru's north coast, and call him" Jhonsson Pulpo. "
His father, Theophilo Cruz lvarez, passed away in prison in 2020 while he was serving a sentence for crimes against a fugitive organization.
Jhon Cruz Arce, the father of" Jhonsson Pulpo," founded" The Pulps" with his brothers. He was given a 25-year prison sentence for homicide in 2008, and he was released last year after receiving a hábeas manuscript complaint.
Local media reports that when his father was captured," Jhonsson Pulpo" took over the band's command, with the support of his brothers, when he was only 17 years old.
Its growth, not just within Peru but also to additional countries in the region, was a key part of its growth in 2014 when it took control of the legal firm.
In the press conference in which it was about his capture, the national commander of the Bolivian Police, Colonel Adrián Álvarez Arismendi, stated that he was a “white of high regional value”, precisely because of the “dangerousness and deployment of the criminal events developed on the basis of operations in Peru, but that were also spread to Chile and Argentina and were intended to develop” in Bolivia.
Despite not finding any arms at the scene, police officers seized$ 10, 000 in cell phones and various identification papers.
The band started out in the 1990s in El Porvernir, a well-known Trujillo area, with small crimes as their starting point.
However, as a way to increase his power and influence, he established a judicial construction and began committing extortion, kidnapping, and kidnapping offences.
They are also connected to illegal mining and property prostitution.
The mutilation of their victims ' lips and hands was a part of their routine, according to the Spanish newspaper El Pas.
" Jhonsson Pulpo" had been a fugitive for years, and he is alleged to have traveled through nations like Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia to avoid justice.
He actually faked a death certificate in 2020 to appear to be dead and so enter clandestinity.
On the other hand, Bolivian government claimed that the arrest had been avoided because it was clear that he had undergone therapies, had discovered changes in his ears, pimples, and eyelids, and that it had even been avoided.
On Tuesday, he was handed over to Colombian leaders for prosecution.
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