Suspect in homicide of carabinero Daniel Palma found in Peruvian prison using false identity
Carlos Cortez Flores, alias "Carlitos Nike", was located in a penal facility in Huaral under a false name. Chile is pursuing his extradition.
"Carlitos Nike" located in Peruvian prison using false identity
Carlos Alexander Cortez Flores, known as "Carlitos Nike" and one of the alleged individuals involved in the homicide of first-class carabinero cabo Daniel Palma, was located in a Peruvian prison under a false identity. This was reported by t13.cl, citing sources close to the investigation.
Palma was murdered in April 2023 in central Santiago. He was 33 years old and had nine years of service in the Carabineros de Chile, where he worked as a driver for the Rapid Action Patrol of the 4th Police Station of the Santiago Central Prefecture.
Co-ordination between the PDI and Interpol
According to t13.cl, the Police of Investigations (PDI) initiated procedures to locate Cortez Flores's whereabouts, and the hypothesis emerged that he could be detained in a Peruvian penitentiary facility. The civil police sent the case files to Peruvian authorities, who confirmed his detention, although under a different identity.
The information was channelled through the Interpol Santiago office, which provided Peruvian authorities with background information on three Venezuelan citizens held in prisons in that country who could be using identities different from those registered in Chile.
Fingerprints at Huaral penal facility
Personnel from the Peruvian National Police travelled to the Huaral penitentiary facility in Lima to take fingerprints from the three individuals in question. The samples were sent for comparison and identity verification.
Through the exchange of information between Interpol offices, it was established that one of the detainees, registered as Anderson Abraham Ravenstein Betancourt, actually corresponded to Carlos Alexander Cortez Flores, alias "Carlitos Nike".
Extradition in process
After confirming the true identity of the detainee, the PDI reported that the necessary co-ordination would be carried out to complete his extradition to Chile, with the aim that he face justice for the acts attributed to him in the investigation into Daniel Palma's homicide.
The murdered carabinero
Daniel Palma Yánez was born on 19 September 1989 in Rancagua. He was promoted to the rank of First-class Cabo on 1 May 2022 and was commended on more than one occasion during his career: a commendation for detaining three individuals for robbery on 13 January of that year, and another for his courage and commitment beyond his responsibilities.
Palma graduated from the Carabineros Training School and completed the course on techniques and tactics of police procedures and operations, among other improvement programmes. Following his death on 6 April 2023, the director general of Carabineros announced his posthumous promotion to the rank of senior non-commissioned officer.
Source: Google News PE — Crime