A police operation carried out in Peruin the early hours of this Thursday, December 28, culminating in the arrest of 21 alleged members of the criminal gang ‘The Children of God’organization linked to Aragua Train. In addition, 60 people who were victims of sexual exploitation and held by criminals were rescued.

The investigation conducted by the authorities has revealed that ‘The Children of God’ are accused of committing the crimes of human trafficking, sexual exploitation And extortionand are mainly active in densely populated neighborhoods in the south of Metropolitan Lima, such as San Juan de Miraflores, Villa María del Triunfo and Villa El Salvador.

This was the tiktoker facet of Wanda del Valle, alias “La Bebecita del Crimen” and a key piece of the band Tren de Aragua.

According to official sources, this band he extorted his victimslargely Venezuelan migrantswith the threat of attacking their relatives in their country of origin so that they will pay quotas.

The information shows that ‘Los Hijos de Dios’ is mainly composed of Venezuelan citizens, but also includes Peruvian members, and that the operation also aims at the arrest of the leader and key lieutenants.

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“We are carrying out an operation in Chiclayo, in Pangoas and in Lima, where 21 people have already been arrested and nine cells are also being raided (the prisons of) Challapalca, Ancón, Chincha and Cochamarca,” the prosecutor told reporters. Jorge Chavez Cotrinacoordinator of specialized prosecutors against organized crime.

Caesar Changof the Second Public Prosecution Service for Organized Crime, said: “The level of violence from these people is really very surprising to us.”

Among those arrested is a Peruvian woman who is said to have been responsible for collecting money from victims of sexual exploitation in southern Lima.

“One of the people in charge of collecting money from female victims of exploitation in this area has been arrested here. She is a Peruvian woman, they have quotas not only for sex workers, but also for trans youth,” said PNP anti-trafficking director Carlos Malaver. (JO)