This Saturday the Investigation police (PDI) reported on the detention of a woman of Venezuelan nationality nicknamed «The Ruca«, who would be one of the leaders of the Aragua Train, for the crime of human trafficking for sexual exploitationIn the city of santiago.
The operation was carried out by the Iquique Human Trafficking Investigative Brigade (Bitrap) in coordination with the Prosecutor’s Office, according to T13.
The subprefect Cristian Chavezhead of the Anti-Narcotics and Organized Crime Prefecture of the north, stated that «Britrap detectives yesterday in the city of Santiago they manage to locate and arrest to an adult Venezuelan woman nicknamed ‘La Ruca’, for the responsibility she bears in the crime of human trafficking for sexual exploitation linked directly to the criminal organization Tren de Aragua«.
According to the background, in March 2022when the criminal structure of the Aragua Train was dismantled in the Tarapacá Region, this woman would have fled with his partner to the city of LimePeru.
However, through an investigation and the crossing of different information, it was determined that During 2023 he had returned to the country irregularly to settle in the Metropolitan Region.
In addition, the detainee was directly linked by aliases to the leaders nicknamed ‘Estrella’ and ‘Satanás’, who have been in preventive detention since March 2022.
The head of the Britrap, subprefect Katherine Vasquezpointed out that «the accused fled to Peru after said arrests, returning to the country a few months ago to settle in Santiago, a city where after various procedures carried out by said brigade, was located by case officers«.
MODUS OPERANDI OF «LA RUCA»
The prosecutor Javier Gutierrez explained that the detainee recruited women in vulnerable situations based abroad -mainly Venezuelan-, and that through deception He entered them into Chile through unauthorized steps..
«For later install them in the commune of Iquiquekeeping them under coercion and intimidation and charging them high sums of money as a fine while «they carried out the sexual trade»the prosecutor said.
The accused was formalized for four crimes of human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and crime of illicit association.
Likewise, and after considering that his freedom represents a danger to society, preventive detention was ordered while the investigation lasts, the period of which was set at 120 days.