The Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation's (CFCP) Chamber III upheld the appeal filed by the Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) and sentenced the son of the leader of a narco-criminal organization dedicated to the trafficking and sale of cocaine, which was made up of police officers from the province of Neuquén. This is about Yamil Andrés Asef, son of former police officer Omar Andrés 'el Turco' Asef, who in the same trial was convicted as the leader of this criminal organization known as the 'narcopolice', according to the Argentine News Agency (NA). The investigation, carried out by the Federal Prosecutor's Office No. 2 of Neuquén and PROCUNAR, began in mid-2019, with the accumulation of various cases around an organization that sold drugs between June 2019 and December 2020. In this context, it was determined that the organization was headed by Omar Asef and integrated by four police officials, who received directives from the leader and a weekly salary from the proceeds of the drug sales for the services provided, highlights the Fiscales portal. After a series of investigation measures, which included the interception of telephone communications, surveillance and the consultation of databases, on December 3, 2020, 17 raids were carried out in which nine people were detained. Buenos Aires, February 26 (NA) - The son of the leader of a narco-criminal gang from Neuquén, which was made up of police, was convicted after the Public Prosecutor's Office filed an appeal against the acquittal granted in February 2023.
