Slow-motion invasion update: Leader of "Los Killers" arrested in NY
Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, leader of “Los Killers” was released into the U.S. interior in May
Reports of dangerous criminals crossing the U.S. southern border under the Biden-Harris administration garnered another national headline last week when ICE apprehended the head of a Peruvian gang leader wanted for close to two dozen murders in New York state.
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According to Peruvian media, as reported by the Associated Press, "Torres-Navarro allegedly fled Peru after the killing of retired police officer Cesar Quegua Herrera and the shooting of a municipal employee at a restaurant in San Miguel in March."
"Torres-Navarro was previously a member of the Los Malditos de Angamos criminal organization, Peru’s Public Prosecutor’s Office said. He is also known as “Gianfranco 23,” a reference to the number of people he is alleged to have killed," according to the Associated Press.
But there's more.
Per the Associated Press report, "In 2019, while on the run from authorities, he was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for illegal weapons possession. He remained at large until 2021, when he was arrested at a toll checkpoint near Peru’s capital city, Lima. But even then, he didn’t stay behind bars for long. After an acquittal in that case, Torres-Navarro was freed last December."
Torres-Navarro, 38, should have been on a watchlist based just on his criminal history alone, yet that information was lagging by two months. This guy had to be on some law enforcement radar; he’s not a small fish.
The lagging information received by ICE is either accurate, someone didn’t actually run a check on him, or they did run a check and released him anyway to track his movements. The last of these release options might be closer to reality given what local media in NY is reporting; emphasis added:
ICE reported Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, 38, was taken into custody Wednesday. Homeland Security Investigations had notified ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in Buffalo that Torres-Navarro was wanted in Peru on July 8. The agency did not say how they were alerted Torres-Navarro was living in Endicott.
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