2024-03-21 09:55:23
The urban singer was arrested by the police during a raid on a home in the Estación Central commune, and the Public Ministry announced that it would request an extension of his detention.
The Investigative Police (PDI) arrested the urban singer Il Nene de Oro and 16 other peoplein an operation that dismantled a gang dedicated to drug and arms trafficking.
police work included the raid of twenty homes in seven communes of the Metropolitan Region.
According to information provided by the civil police, The operation allowed the capture of 17 people, all of them Chilean nationality.
The arrest of Il Nene de Oro
In particular, in the police deployment carried out at Central Station, arrested nine members of a criminal organization dedicated to arms and drug traffickingamong whom was the urban singer Il Nene de Oro.
According to the prosecutor of the Western Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office, Sergio Soto, the work of the detectives “led to the arrest of 17 people linked to these events, among which is Jesús Ortiz, urban singer better known as Il Nene de Oro“.
He stated at the same time that “this person is rightly attributed with his participation in the crime of drug trafficking. And also the use in their video clips of firearms that were found in the possession of different members of this organization“.
Weapons, drugs, money and vehicles were seized
The pursuer explained that the PDI operation allowed the confiscation of three Glock pistols, six magazines pistol and 166 cartridges. Also seized more than a kilo of marijuana, 289 grams of cocaine base, 13 grams of cocaine hydrochloride and 157 grams of ketamine.
Besides, 3.2 million pesos in cash and 24 cell phones were confiscated, as well as five vehicles and a motorcycle.
The Public Ministry reported that an extension of the urban singer’s detention would be requested. The members of the band will be formalized for illicit association for drug trafficking and arms trafficking.
The Nene de Oro
The urban artist began his musical career in 2021 and has an EP called Rich Or Dead, while this 2024 he is one of the candidates for New Artist at the Pulsar Awards.
In the world of urban music, his disputes with the singer Piero 47 are known, with whom he shared on the song LOUD of DrakoMafia, and who is currently also facing problems with the law.
This, after being arrested and formalized for micro-drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons, leaving him in preventive detention.