Fugitive drug trafficker captured on Hasenkamp property after two months in hiding
Juan Siebenlist Bustos was detained at a rural property in Hasenkamp, Entre Ríos, where he had been in hiding since February. He was implicated in the transportation of more than 1,300 kg of marijuana.
Fugitive from Rosatelli case arrested at property in Entre Ríos
According to reporting from unoentrerios.com.ar, Juan Esteban Siebenlist Bustos was detained at the rural property "Doña Inés", located on National Route No. 127 in the jurisdiction of Hasenkamp, Paraná department, after remaining approximately two months in hiding at the premises. The arrest was carried out as part of the criminal case investigating the transportation of more than 1,300 kilogrammes of marijuana, found in February of this year on a rural road in La Paz department.
Upon perceiving the arrival of the police operation, Siebenlist Bustos attempted to escape on foot across adjacent land, but was immediately subdued by agents. He was the subject of a valid capture order issued by the Federal Court.
Those charged in the case
The investigation has already resulted in several detentions: commissioner and lawyer Daniel Alejandro Rosatelli, Martín Reynaldo Germán Pelizzari, Claudio David Luna, and brothers Alan Josías Gabriel Favieri and José Belén Favieri. The drugs were found hidden in the cargo compartment of a Renault Jumper van in the city of La Paz in February of this year.
The operation was led by specialised personnel from the Narcotics Section of the Operations Division, under the General Directorate of Dangerous Drugs of the Entre Ríos Police. It also had tactical support from the Special Operations Company (C.O.E.), a unit subordinate to the General Directorate of Operations and Public Safety of the province. Proceedings were coordinated under the direct intervention of Federal Court No. 1 of Paraná, presided over by judge Leandro Ríos.
Seizure of items with evidential value
Although no narcotics were found at the property, the search permitted the seizure of several items of evidential value:
- A Toyota Corolla motor vehicle with alterations to chassis and engine serial numbers, along with a vehicle identification document.
- A carbine and nineteen unfired .22 calibre cartridges.
- Six mobile telephones, designated for digital forensic examination.
- Cash: approximately two million Argentine pesos (ARS 2,000,000), more than two hundred and forty United States dollars (USD 240), sixty thousand Paraguayan guaraníes (PYG 60,000) and a smaller sum of Brazilian reais.
During the procedure, five other persons present at the property at the time of the operation were also identified.
By order of the intervening judicial authorities, Siebenlist Bustos was formally detained and placed in incommunicado status, and was transferred to Penal Unit No. 1 in the city of Paraná.
Source: Google News BO — La Paz