“The underworld belongs to ‘Los Gallegos’: a hitman from the gang associated with the Tren de Aragua records a menacing video of the murder of two brothers and a cousin in Peru

Two brothers and a cousin were killed with gunshot wounds in Cañete, Peru. For the triple murder, they point to “Los Gallegos”, a faction of the feared organization El Tren de Aragua.

A harsh warning was left on social networks after the three murders were committed. They published a threatening message on digital platforms.

The dead were identified as brothers Cristian and Norick Saavedra Candela, who were cousins ​​of Cristian Flores, Infobae reported.

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The multiple crime took place on Thursday, August 17, 2022. The three were surprised by a gunman while talking in a car, the outlet expanding.

One tried to avoid imminent death by fleeing; but he was hit and killed. A pit bull also fell lifeless in the attack.

My mother saw them kill my brothers and my cousin. They had come for lunch and when they went back to work, they were killed. My mother is very bad

Patricia, relative of the murdered

Triple murder motive

Peruvian media reports that the triple murder was committed by one person. That man, El Comercio specified, “had a foreign accent.”

Why were they killed? The aforementioned website published that these deaths would be prompted by “the loan market control dispute known as ‘drop by drop’.”

Apparently, the Saavedra Candela brothers “started lending money to small merchants in Cañete”, south of Lima.

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The Gallegos, linked to the “Aragua Train”

The assassin didn’t just take three lives. He recorded moments of the attack and uploaded the video to the networks.

“To be clear, the underworld belongs to Los Gallegos.” That is the terrifying phrase that the attacker repeats according to Infobae and El Comercio.

Since 2022, the arrest of people associated with “Los Gallegos del Tren de Aragua” or “Los Gallegos”, organizations considered to be “armed weapons” of the band originating in Venezuela, has been reported on several occasions from Peru .

The EFE agency reminded on November 11, 2022 that the “Tren de Aragua” is a criminal gang that has expanded its criminal operations in recent years to Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile and Bolivia.

“Los Gallegos,” Infobae reported, are “located in areas in Cañete and Lima,” and spaces have become available in other regions of the country.

Those who join the gang engage in racketeering, human trafficking, drug dealing and hit-men, authorities agree.

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