Esteban Alvarado, the rival of the monkeys who will go to trial for a crime and an attempt to cover

He was first known for stealing and cutting high -end cars in the north of Buenos Aires, far from Santa Fe.His first convictions were almost a decade for those crimes.But only a couple of years later supplied a large part of Rosario and decided to dispute the business to those who would become their historic rivals: the monkeys.Esteban Alvarado (44) does not have so much impact because his violence is more selective than that of the Ariel “Guille” Cantero band, but those who investigate the drug groups in that province put it in the same order of importance.

Arrested since February 2019, lodged first in the Santa Fe prison in Piñero, after a leak from other prisoners, he was transferred to Ezeiza and then Marcos Paz.Interestingly, at this time it is in a cell, meters from quarry.Accusations of murders weigh on him, including that of his former right hand Carlos Argüelles, who later declared against him.He is also pointed out for allegedly instigating the crime of the narco Luis Medina and for the crime of lender Lucio Maldonado.

This last case, which will end this week its preliminary hearing and that has a trial date for February, is the one that for prosecutors concentrates all the features of the action of the Alvarado clan and that better shows its differences with the way of operating of the monkeys.It begins with a kidnapping and torture to end with a string of cover -up actions of a certain complexity and with a lot of police participation in its execution."Understanding this crime is to understand Alvarado," judicial sources point out.

On November 11, 2018, Maldonado arrives last night at his home in the southern part of Rosario.When he got off his Chevrolet Cruze, four people who had been following him in a Kangoo truck, they left, they pointed him out and took him.One of them went up to the car of Maldonado and followed the Kangoo.The two vehicles went to the town of Piñero, to the fifth in the Los Muchos place, where Esteban Alvarado received family and friends.The four who kidnapped Maldonado, according to prosecutors, would be Mauricio Jesus Laferrara, Matías Ávila, Germán Fernández and Facundo Almada, all members of the Alvarado Clan.

A few hours later, at 3 in the morning, Maldonado's Chevrolet Cruze returned to the financier's house along with a Volkswagen Amarok white truck.Three men got out of the two vehicles, with a bunch of keys they opened the door of Maldonado's house and were there for half an hour.Then they left, left Maldonado's car and left in the truck.

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Two days later, on November 13, for a call to 911 they found the body of Maldonado lying on the side of the Rosario-Buenos Air-highway collector.I had received two shots in the neck and the body had marks of being tortured.The clothes with which it was found was not the same that dressed at the time of kidnapping.Next to him there was a sign that said: "With the mafia you do not fuck", a message that monkeys usually use in their bloodiest crimes.

Given the seriousness of the case, the research work began.As Maldonado's car had a geolocation system, it was determined that the vehicle went and returned to the fifth of the Alvarado.When reviewing the phones of the Alvarado surroundings, messages were found in which the alleged executors ask that the “cousin Jaime” be notified that the first part of the operation had been done and that they were on their way.Prosecutors identified that nickname like the one used by Alvarado since 2012.

Police raided the family fifth and found 3 pods served caliber.357, dozens of ammunition from different calibers and shoes lying on the roof of the house, which the dogs found after sniffing Maldonado clothes.Then it was learned that the Kangoo truck was linked to a crime executed a few days earlier in Soldini and for which Alvarado's men were also suspected.And Amarok was the same in which Almada, one of the suspects, had arrested in another cause.Finally, in the investigation a car agency is linked, which provided vehicles to the clan.Too many evidence incriminated them.

In those days, Alvarado's capture request was launched.In conversations with his intimate circle he seems more concerned.In a telegram message he tells Almada that he can't do much now because part of the executors left many traces."No, I'm going to accommodate, Lapo.Yes, there later.Now nothing can be done.Because they have everything, do you understand?They join all this to see: La Amarok, Leandro's agency, yours too.And how do you go out?It can't be done".Then he shows his annoyance because of the lack of expertise with which they did everything: “I did not escape anything, they escaped the bullshit these.Nothing escaped me.If you know how I'm me ”.

Prosecutors point out in the accusation - for which they ask for life imprisonment for Alvarado in their capacity as instigator - that since the Naco leader was cornered by the evidence, he decided to make a dramatic turn and go thoroughly with the initial intention ofblame monkeys.The step by step of that new strategy is the most striking of this story.

Everything that will be told from now on is sustained in the version of prosecutors Matías Ederry and Luis Schiappa Pietra.The first thing Alvarado would have done is try to link an old Ladero, Rodrigo Ortigala, with whom he had distanced himself after he had a love relationship with Alvarado's ex -wife.In addition, Ortigala had gone to declare in those days against Alvarado to the Rosario courts.On the other hand, they wanted to involve Chulo Olivera, a member of the monkeys accused of the shootings that that band had made against judicial venues in those days.Alvarado's idea was that the researchers, who had these two men under the radar, saw messages in which it was said that the crime of Maldonado had been armed by the monkeys to harm him.

For that he had the collaboration of two police officers who first delivered the information of the phones of Ortigala and Olivera, made twin phones and sent them armed and a bit literal conversations, such as this one that Olivera received from the supposed telephone of Ortigala: “Chu, with thisThere will be no doubt that Esteban is in everything, this with this will pay it to me, my thing is done, I spoke in the federal and in the provincial ”.The message was sent by SMS and not by WhatsApp, to be registered on Olivera's phone as proof but not to answer it.In fact, Olivera did not know Ortigala to answer a message.In the telegram messages of Alvarado's phone you can see the strategy very clear."The message is sent to the cool saying that.Two messages Rapid.When he tells me: ‘Who are you?’ ’.There you put: ‘Don't skip me on the telegram, I call you” and leave it there,.As much as I ask, that's it ".

After that, Alvarado, he would have armed false attacks to underpin the strategy that the monkeys wanted to incriminate him in several cases and that one of them was that of Maldonado.On December 10, two motorcycle men shot at the provincial courts and left a sign that said: “With the mafia he did not fuck.Atte.Esteban Alvarado ".Minutes later, at the Criminal Justice Center, a woman simulated decomposing and the building's guard accompanied her to a hospital.At that time, with the place released, a motorcycle man shot the building and left a sign with the same legend.Again, Alvarado people were self -incriminating so that prosecutors believe it was a maneuver of their rivals.

According to the investigators, to create confusion in the group of prosecutors that carried the causes of the attacks on the judicial venues, Alvarado would have organized an attack with firearms to one of the team members.There were at least 5 shots of 9 millimeters made by someone passing by motorcycle.The attack hit the group and caused the departure of some of them.At first, they suspected the monkeys, whom they were investigating.

Finally, to ensure that researchers were not overlooked false messages between Ortigala and Olivera, Alvarado would have decided to plant twin phones with conversations with conversations.Two policemen left cell phones in a truck and others asked for the search warrant to be found.

Despite the enormous efforts to confuse, Ederry and Schiappa Pietra, they requested a tough condemnation against Alvarado.This week the preliminary audiences end, then the discussion about the evidence and next year will be made, a new trial should begin, which will surely be done remotely from the Marcos Paz prison where he is detained today.

A.M