The detainees, charged with the crimes of kidnapping, homicide and frustrated homicideas revealed by the Investigation Police (PDI), belonged to the “The Brotherhood” faction of the Aragua Train and would have participated in the kidnapping and extortion of a Dominican citizen that occurred on February 6 a peripheral town of Santiago.
Aragua’s train originated in the prisons of Venezuela and has extended by Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, where the authorities accuse her of committing numerous crimes as drug trafficking, extortion, kidnappings and Homicides.
The Chilean security forces and the Gabriel Buric government have harshly persecute the members of the organization and the authorities have worked in the fight against organized crime and the recognition of Chile as the most expert country in the transnational band.
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According to data from the Ministry of Justice, since 2021, in Chile They have arrested more than 300 people linked to the organization.
The arrest reported on Thursday is recorded two days after the start of the trial against the first cell of the Aragua train Identified and dismantled in the southern country, and it is estimated that it lasts several months.
HE accuses 12 members of the crimes group as kidnapping with homicide, extortion kidnappings, extortion threats and robberiesamong others. For several of the members, including the leader of the group in Chile, the Prosecutor’s Office asks for sentences of perpetual prison.
The Aragua Train settled in Chile in recent years taking advantage of the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants who crossed the border for terrestrial steps controlled by the band itself.