Everyone remained silent, in the Oral Criminal Court of Arica, when the prosecution showed several videos found on cell phones seized from members of Los Gallegos, one of the factions of the Tren de Aragua and of which 38 of its members face today an oral trial.
On the occasion, among others, the Public Ministry showed a video clip of the band, with reggaeton music, but the most shocking video of all was the one taken from the blue Redmi cell phone owned by the Venezuelan. William Isaac Celas Garrido, 21 years oldbetter known as “The Javi“, who is accused of homicide.
On the equipment, the PDI found a video of just over a minute in length, captured with the cell phone, with which “The Javi” recorded without interruptions the statements made to the press in June 2022 (in the middle of the pandemic) by the regional prosecutor Mario Carreraafter the first mass arrest of members of Los Gallegos on the Chuño hill in Arica, which in the opinion of sources close to the case, reflects the extreme concern that what the prosecutors and the police were doing caused the transnational criminal organization. civil police
In said video, the persecutor explained that there was a team from Arica, working with the support of prosecutors from Tarapacá and Santiago, “in order to provide a response to this organized crime that is present in the northern part of the country“.
He also said that “we have 11 people who will go to detention control tomorrow” and that these “will be charged with a fairly large number of crimes, let’s say, because here we are in the presence of homicides, also drug trafficking, we also have possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of ammunition, well, and obviously we hope to prove other crimes, but for now those crimes are absolutely key and they are the ones that will be charged.”
Regarding the video where he appears, Carrera pointed out The counter that of course he knew about the video, given that it is part of the evidence that the prosecution had, and explained that this and other facts “precisely also have to do with the security measures that we have been taking within the framework of this investigation. It is an issue that occurs, that happens, that exists, that we are living, but that does not frighten us when it comes to making the decisions we have to make.“.
In this regard, he specified that “since this investigation began and we saw what these subjects were capable of, we increased security from that moment on, beginning of 2022”, without wanting to go into more details.
Notably The deputy prosecutor who began investigating this case – and whose name is being withheld – was threatened with a firearm.after which he was relocated from Arica to another region of the country, along with his family group, and remains with PDI escort permanently, the same as prosecutor Carreradue to a series of threats and incidents that even led to said unit of the Public Ministry acquiring two Jeep brand vehicles, fully armoredso that its prosecutors and officials could attend the sites of the event without being in danger.
According to the prosecution’s accusation against Los Gallegos, on July 16, 2022, the maximum leader of the group in Arica, Yoneiker Paredes Fagúndezbetter known as “El Enano”, led the murder of the Chilean Marco Antonio Peña Olivares50 years old, in passage 7 of Cerro Chuño, along with “Javi” and two other members of the group: Jorvis Alberto Parra Viloriabetter known as “Pichi”, and Emilio Jones Alvarado“Culón”, after Peña was accused of selling drugs in the sector, without authorization from Los Gallegos.
After killing him with several shots, they fled in a Mazda Demio towards the Azapa valley, without knowing that They were monitored by the PDI with drones and with a GPS that they had surreptitiously installed in the car. The police finally blocked their path on the corner of Tucapel and Renato Rocca streets.
In a sign of the defendants’ cold blood, they collided with the PDI patrols that were stopping traffic and tried to run over a police officer, according to the accusation, after which a chase ensued, after which they were all arrested. .
In the car they found two Glock pistols with laser sights, one of them chipaada; that is, modified to operate as a submachine gunas well as two other semi-automatic pistols, Browning and CZ brands, as well as nine millimeter cartridges.
The “anthem” of Los Gallegos
In the last oral trial hearings, part of the video clip was also shown with the “anthem” by Los Gallegos which, unlike the Mexican narcocorrido, is a reggaeton performed by the singer “Orecan of light“.
In the video, in which an apology is made for Nike and Jordan clothing, it is said that “We are Los Gallegos, representatives of the world“, that “we are armed” and that “I hooked the Glock with Mickey Mouse“, which is what they call the extended magazine used in pistols of that brand adapted to fire bursts. In fact, at least one of these devices was found in the raids in Arica.
The song also says that “representing Aragua, in Latin America we are the scourges“. Here you can see the full version of it.