Ricardo Riquelme Vega

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Ricardo Riquelme Vega, also known as El Rico, is a Chilean criminal, who had been convicted of ordering an assassination and laundering drug money. [1] [2]

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Criminal career

His first arrest for cocaine trafficking was in Germany in 1999. [1]

He is believed to be a right-hand man of Naoufal Fassih and a senior member of the gang responsible for the murder and beheading of Nabil Amzieb. [1]

He was arrested in a hotel in Santiago, Chile in October 2017. [1]

On 31 May 2021 he was convicted of operating an assassination ring and laundering drug money. [2] The trial was held in a fortified court known as De Bunker near Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. [2] The court heard that he was in contact with Ridouan Taghi about organising murders. [2] Judges were also told his phone had a video featuring both Daniel Kinahan and Raffaele Imperiale. [2] It was alleged that Vega, Kinahan, Imperiale and Naoufal Fassih were involved in a drugs cartel that dominated the market in Europe. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tallant, Nicola (6 November 2017). "Cartel's main coke man 'El Rico' busted". The Herald . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fetherstonhaugh, Neil (2 June 2021). "Daniel Kinahan's 'super cartel' ally El Rico is jailed for 11 years for running gangland assassination ring". Sunday World . Retrieved 21 June 2021.