LYON, France — An international fugitive operation coordinated by INTERPOL across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe has resulted in the arrest of 85 persons wanted internationally under INTERPOL Red Notices, and in the location of 18 others, with additional arrests expected as investigations continue.
The six-month campaign, running from June to November, brought together investigators from 17 countries to share real-time intelligence and target 184 high-priority cases.
The operation was conducted under INTERPOL’s support to EL PACCTO 2.0, an initiative seeking to establish a permanent international network of fugitive investigators. It is funded by the European Union (Directorate-General for International Partnerships).
The initiative enables joint investigations through interregional police cooperation and standardized information exchange on some of the world’s most wanted suspects.
Priority fugitive targets
In June and November, INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Support unit and participating countries met in El Salvador and Ecuador to identify the most dangerous fugitives wanted for violent crimes or links to transnational organized crime.
Among those arrested, 19 were wanted for murder, 29 for drug trafficking, 28 for crimes against children, and seven for rape. Others were detained for human trafficking, money laundering, and other offences linked to crime syndicates.
Operational highlights:
- In Spain, Lissette Ysabel Rojas Guevara, one of Chile’s most wanted and allegedly linked to the organized crime group Tren de Aragua, was detained in connection with a USD 150 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme used to launder proceeds from drug trafficking and extortion across Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Iberian Peninsula.
- In Portugal, authorities arrested Brazilian national Daniel Zago, allegedly linked to the organized crime group Primeiro Comando da Capital (known as PCC), disrupting a key cocaine trafficking corridor from São Paulo to Europe.
- In the United Arab Emirates, Albanian national Dritan Gjika was arrested over alleged cocaine shipments from Ecuador, concealed as banana exports.
- In Ecuador, Lithuanian fugitive L.G., wanted by their authorities for drugs trafficking was detained following coordination between local police and INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Support unit.
- In Chile, authorities arrested nine fugitives after joining the INTERPOL support to EL PACCTO 2.0 project in June 2025 — including four Chilean nationals wanted domestically, and five wanted by other countries.
- Following coordinated action across the regions involved, law enforcement targeted international criminal gang MS-13, Albanian organized crime factions, and the Comandos de las Fronteras’ armed criminal network. Between June and December 2025, four fugitives linked to Tren de Aragua were arrested in Colombia and Spain. Additional arrests are expected as investigations continue.
Note to Editors:
As part of its support to EL PACCTO, INTERPOL also supports law enforcement in cybercrime analysis, forensic data sharing, and secure cross-border communications via its I-24/7 system.
Phase one of the INTERPOL support to EL PACCTO project (2018–2022) resulted in 150 arrests and multiple fugitive locations across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Since the launch of phase two in 2024, there have been 170 arrests and 50 confirmed suspect locations from 357 targeted individuals.
Participating countries in the 2025 operation: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Italy, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Portugal, and Spain.