Justice
The Public Ministry presented telephone listeners that reveal how a criminal structure composed of irregular taxi drivers and PNC agents operated, to which at least 23 deaths are attributed.
The 16 alleged members of the Criminal Structure Pirates of Death come to the Courtroom of the Eighth Floor of the Tower of Courts to render their first statement before Judge Jimi Bremer, head of the Tenth Criminal Court. (Free Press Photo: Daniel Samayoa)
The Public Ministry (MP) presented to a court telephone listening of some of the alleged members of the criminal structure called Pirates of Death, composed of taxi drivers who operated irregularly and who had the support of agents of the National Civil Police (PNC).
The listeners presented by the Prosecutor’s Office would reveal how the structure operated, which used to offer drinks with some type of drug to taxis users, and then strip them of their belongings and abandon them on public roads. Many of the victims died from overdose.
This criminal structure is attributed at least 23 deaths, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
In one of the listeners, two of the aforementioned question that PNC agents took the adulterated drinks that had ready to offer them to their victims.
Last Tuesday they went to the audience hall of the eighth floor of the Torre de Courts 16 involved in that structure, including 14 men and two women.
According to the investigation, PNC agents participated in the structure.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Crimes against Life explained that the structure operated between April and October 2024, and would be responsible for at least 23 deaths.
During the hearing, the MP gave details of how the criminal band operated.
Judge Jimi Bremer, head of the Tenth Criminal Court, scheduled the continuation of the first statement hearing for next May 8.