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The Ecuadorian Police reported this Tuesday the arrest of Azhael Alexander R., whom they identified as the son of Roldan Juniorknown as ‘Junior’ or ‘JR’, who was murdered last year in Colombiaat a time when he was wanted by the police Ecuador.
Azhael Alexander R. was arrested as part of an operation against the alleged crime of money laundering, carried out simultaneously in the early hours of the morning in the provinces of Guaias It is The rivers.
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ARRESTED AZHAEL ALEXANDER R., SON OF ALIAS “JR”(+), DURING AN OPERATION AGAINST AN ALLEGED CRIME OF MONEY LAUNDERING
Developed this morning simultaneously in the provinces of #Guayas, #The rivers It is #DMGas part of an investigation opened in June… pic.twitter.com/Y993Erxzep
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13 invasions were carried out on properties in the El Triunfo, Samborondón, Daule, Guayaquil and Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, in Guayasmeanwhile in The rivers The intervention was carried out in Babahoyo.
The investigation that led to the arrest was opened in June 2023 within the case called “Junior Wash“, coordinated between the Police and the Public Ministry “for the crime of money laundry”, indicated the Police on his account on the social network X.
In the operation, a total of six people were arrested, two vehicles, three motorcycles, jewelry, electronic devices, communication devices, documents and money.
This criminal organization was led by Liseth Carolina H. and Leidi R., romantic partners under the pseudonym ‘Junior’, who received deposits in personal, family and business bank accounts worth around five million dollars “from people with whom they did not maintain any type of commercial, corporate and economic relationship”, said the police in statement.
In this way, we sought “give the appearance of legality to the income received by these citizens through the establishment of several shell companies”, Indian.
“Among the illegal actions carried out by these citizens was acquisition of movable and immovable assets” for more than 3.3 million dollars between 2019 and 2023.
According to the police, LisethCarolina H. lent its name to the acquisition of movable and immovable assets, as well as the creation of paper companies, the entry of cash deposits into the national financial system and with unusual and unjustified financial movements.
Azhael Alexander R. was the main shareholder ofpaper companies”dedicated to the economic activity of security and pig farming together with Liseth H., at the same time they identified Meliton Marcelo R., active police officer, as the main originator of cash deposits and payee of checks from Liseth H., worth approximately one million dollars.
Police published a video of the operation on the property of Azhael Alexander R.., which had armored security.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in the case of the crime of money laundering, the family circle of the Roldan Junior and a legal entity.
He noted that they identified economic movements “that have no relation to the economic, financial and tax profile of those investigated”.
Those involved would have acquired movable and immovable assets, and formed legal entities, said the Public Ministry, adding that it was detected that 50% of their accounts, which were in the national financial system, “corresponded to cash deposits, the origin of which is illicit.”
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Roldán, murdered in Colombia
On May 8, 2023, the Government of Ecuador confirmed the death in Colombia of Junior Roldán, wanted by Ecuadorian authorities as one of the main leaders of the gang’The eagles‘, ally of’The Choneros‘.
The then Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapataindicated that a body was found in an area called Vereda El Mango, in the Colombian department of Antioquia, and that after identification tests, the Colombian Public Ministry confirmed that it was Junior Roldán.
“A deceased was reported to be of Ecuadorian origin and based on information from intelligence sources it was assumed that this could be the pseudonym Junior.“, said Zapata after explaining that the identity was confirmed thanks to fingerprint chips sent to the Colombian authorities.
He recalled that “Junior“It was considered “one of the targets of high value and interest for the State” Ecuadorian, as he was assigned responsibilities in the wave of insecurity that the country has been experiencing for around two years.
Indeed’Junior‘had been released from prison on 14 February 2023 after receiving the benefit of the appeal “pre-freedom”although the measure was later revoked, and since March 23 he has been declared a fugitive from justice for failing to wear electronic tracking handcuffs.
The Choneros is one of the gangs linked to the wave of violence in the country and with a presence in prisons, where there were frequent fights with other groups for control of the prisons, which generated permanent massacreswith more than 450 prisoners killed since 2020.
The prisons are now under the control of the military of Ecuador, the country where since last January the head of state, Daniel Noboadeclared the “internal armed conflict” against 22 criminal gangs, ‘The Choneros‘, among them, whom he came to call “terrorists”.
Source: Elcomercio
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