THE FUGITIVES WERE WANTED FOR SERIOUS CRIMES, INCLUDING MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to INTERPOL:

An INTERPOL-coordinated “EL PAcCTO” operation has gathered a team of investigators from across Latin America to locate and arrest 13 of their most wanted fugitives, all subject to INTERPOL Red Notices (a request to law enforcement worldwide to find and provisionally arrest a wanted person).

The names of these criminals also featured on a list of priority fugitive targets established by INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Support (FIS) unit and law enforcement in eight Latin American countries in late 2020, and they have been wanted for serious and often horrific crimes, including murder, kidnapping, and sexual violence against women.

In a two-week “operational phase” INTERPOL coordinated intensive working meetings between national law enforcement aimed at locating and arresting as many of these fugitives as possible.

A fugitive wanted by Peru for child sexual exploitation and human trafficking was arrested by Argentina’s Federal Police after several days spent tracking down family members that had provided erroneous addresses.

Inga Molina was on Ecuador’s most wanted list since 2018 for rape. Initially thought to have fled abroad, investigators exchanging information within the EL PAcCTO task force managed to locate and arrest him in Quito through open-source analysis and wiretaps.

The head of an international drug trafficking ring, wanted by Brazil following a series of seizures who had brought in more than two tonnes of cocaine, was arrested by Bolivian police in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Law enforcement from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru took part in the EL PAcCTO operation.

“These results are only possible thanks to the permanent EL PAcCTO network that has been built up over time between national fugitive investigators,” said Stephen Kavanagh, INTERPOL’s Executive Director of Police Services.