this Civil Guard of the Asturias dispersed a criminal organization accusing its members of committing crimes, he settled down in Mieres and Lena. kidnapping, illegal detention, injury, illegal possession of weapons and guilt organized. As part of Operation Somoza/Elevement, the Civil Guards 4 arrested, 2 arrestedFour homes were searched and a large number of items related to the crimes being investigated, including the car used to carry out the kidnapping and a firearm with two boxes of ammunition.
The investigation began in broad daylight in the first days of May. Three people tried to kidnap a Senegalese teenager at gunpoint.His goal was interrupted by the intervention of two witnesses who were there that same day, traveling from Valencia to La Plaza de la Madera in the town of Turón.
The Mieres Civil Guard’s Forensic Police team took responsibility for the investigations that started ‘Operation Somoza’, conducted an operational and analytical activity that yielded the initial relevant data, and identified the exact vehicle the authors used to transport it. eliminated the kidnapping, it was done anyway, that did nothing else further complicating the “plot”because the tourism in question did not seem to be linked to any real person.
Two days after this kidnapping attempt, and thanks to the internal communication channels established by the Civil Guard, investigators learned about the incident. existence of a completed kidnappingAfter receiving a call from a neighbor at the Service Operations Center (COS) of the Gijón Civil Guard Command, from the town of Riosuaria, near Bimenes, who reported seeing a seriously injured male of Malian descent in the town, who asked? He asked for help and announced that he had been kidnapped for several days. The initial investigation by the Langreo Civil Guard Judicial Police team as part of the ‘Operation Removal’ revealed how the person in question, also from Valencia, was kidnapped by four gunmen two days ago. which weapons They asked a family member of the victim for 50,000 euros to release him even though he was affected I couldn’t locate the kidnapping location.
Before the obvious coincidence, investigators from the Civil Guard Commands of Oviedo and Gijón launched a joint operation called ‘Operation Somoza/Elevement’”.
The investigation made it possible for the abducted victim to be found in the town of Turón on the morning of May 7 (the day and place of the failed attempt in illegal detention). clear line to follow.
Despite the lack of sufficient evidence to continue investigations due to the lack of data provided by victims, the Civil Guard has spent months working hard, both operational and information analysis; Relate the criminal group found in the councils of Lena and Mieres to the author of the facts. In addition to the above, the study conducted by the researchers allowed Accurately reproduce moves made by encartados even to be able to determine the time and route of the excursion for the release of the victim, which took place in the small town of Riosuaria on the days of the abduction, around 10:20 pm on 9 May.
The study, led by the Armed Institute, culminated in the sequence before the entire trigger in order to be able not only to determine how the investigated facts developed, but also to identify a meeting between perpetrators and victims, held in Turón on the morning of 7 May. the futile and unshackled by fate.
Tactics Used in Organized Crime
Security measures taken to prevent the perpetrators of illegal acts from being identified greatly hindered Benemérita’s investigative work. The same is made visible as an example in the vehicle used to carry out the kidnapping, which was sold by a sales company on behalf of a vendor, as noted by the Civil Guard. fake identityThere isn’t any traceability type in their documentation that can identify its real user.
In addition, the vehicle in question was stored in a private garage after the victim was released, thus avoiding detection by the inspectors.
On October 31 and November 1, after six months of investigations, the Civil Guard arrested four people and launched an investigation, charging the other two with kidnapping, illegal detention, wounding, Illegal possession of weapons and organizing. crime. they did total four house records here, in addition to narcotic substances and other effects related to criminal acts, it was possible to find the car used to carry out the kidnapping and a firearm with two cans of 9mm ammunition. The detainees were brought before Mieres’s No. 1 Investigation Court on 2 November, and provisional arrest warrants were issued for three of them.