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Mascarita" said that it has nothing to do with drug trafficking on 1-11-14

The man accused of being one of the drug distributors and heirs of the drug lord Marco Gonzáles Estrada, alias "Marcos", was arrested last Monday and had an arrest warrant since 2021.

  • 26/09/2023 • 09:24

The Peruvian nicknamed "Mascarita" and who since 2021 was a fugitive accused of being one of the drug distributors and heirs of the drug lord Marco Gonzáles Estrada, alias "Marcos", in the 1.11.14 neighborhood of Bajo Flores in Buenos Aires, denied having something to do with the sale of drugs and separated himself from the rest of the defendants in the case. However, the Justice ordered that he continue to be detained, judicial sources reported. This is Robert Wilmer De la Cruz Aredo (40), who had an arrest warrant since September 2021 and was arrested last Monday in a home located at 6771 Federico Báez Street in the town of González Catán, in La Matanza, Therefore, he was investigated in the last few hours by Judge Ariel Lijo, within the framework of a case instructed by federal prosecutor 8, Eduardo Taiano, and the Narcocrime Prosecutor's Office (Procunar), headed by Diego Iglesias. "Mascarita" De la Cruz Aredo was charged with the crime of "aggravated drug trafficking" and "drug possession." The accused was arrested by members of the Complex Crimes and Judicial Procedures Investigation Unit "South Belt" and the "1-11-14" Squad of the Anti-Drug Directorate of the aforementioned federal force and the Unified Command of the Conurbano. According to National Gendarmerie sources and the investigation led by Procunar, "Mascarita" was linked to the drug distribution business in the former Barrio 1.11.14 when "Marcos" was detained and sentenced in 2020 to 24 years in prison. prison as leader of that drug gang, which is why in June of last year he was expelled to Peru, his country of origin.