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I know you have probably watched this video being reposted many times but in this Effortpost, after doing a lot of research, i'm going to tell you the unknown backstory of this infamous video.
THE VICTIM
Leonardo Alexander Caripe Brito was a father of 3 from Venezuela that moved to Peru due to the horrible economic situation Venezuela is currently going thru. An acquaintance of his described him as a normal man that did not have any problems with anybody.
(I also found picture of him with his children, but i'm not going to put them here)
Leonardo worked as a taxi driver in Los Olivos, he also rented a blue peruvian taxi motocycle to do this job, which is sort of a modified motocycle with a roof and backseats, the vehicle's plate number was 7568-ZA
Leonardo's "control card"
THE MURDERER
Frank Anthony Lopez Quiroz AKA "El Chatín" and AKA "Mata por gusto" (this last nickname literally translates to "the one who kills for pleasure") was a Peruvian robber, drug dealer, murderer, and extortionist.
FRANK'S CRIMINAL CAREER
Frank's first run-ins with the law apparently started in 2017 yet his first felonies aren't specified, although we can assume they had to do with drug trafficking and/or theft. In October of 2019 he was arrested as a suspect of manslaughter, he was found inside a car along with other men, it's also worth mentioning that when he was apprehended he tried to draw a gun out of his waist but he accidently dropped the gun, after that he was quickly handcuffed and they were all arrested; the police also found multiple guns inside the vehicle. During the trial the judge commited the mistake of granting him perole and two weeks later he was on the streets again commiting crimes. In September of 2021 he was caught on CCTV doing multiple robberies in the Breña District, after that the police issued a warrant for his arrest
FRANK'S CAREER AS A EXTORTIONIST
Frank AKA "Killer for pleasure" was also a well-known extortionist in the zone of Los Olivos, specifically targeting taxi drivers, collecting a daily "fee" of 5 Soles (Peruvian currency) to let the taxi drivers work on """his""" zone, and if they didn't pay he would kill them.
LEONARDO NOT PAYING THE EXTORTION MONEY
Leonardo for one reason or another didn't pay this extortion money for 2 weeks, owing Frank the exact amount of 60 Soles. I did some research on how much 60 Soles were at that time, and what i found left me deeply distraught, the working father of 3 was killed for 16.4 dollars
THE MURDER OF LEONARDO ALEXANDER CARIPE BRITO
After 2 weeks of Leonardo not paying the extortion money, Frank AKA "killer for pleasure" had enough, and decided to confront Leonardo and solve the problem once and for all in the only way he knew, with violence and death threats.
In the late afternoon of February the 21st 2022 Frank confronted Leonardo in the "Las Peras" street located in a zone called "5 de Agosto". Witnesses state that they had a discussion, at some point in this discussion Frank drawed his phone and started recording, most likely with the gun on his right hand ready, this is when Leonardo, probably in refference to what they where discussing earlier, said the phrase "You are the boss", Frank replied with "the boss?" And inmidiately fired 4 gunshots at Leonardo, 3 of which stroke Leonardo in the head killing Leonardo Alexander Caripe Brito instantly, after doing that he swiftly left the scene. At some point after this, Frank sent the video to the taxi drivers in the zone as a warning.
THE AFTERMATH
Police was called to the scene and they inmidiately looked for witnesses, to the taxi drivers it was pretty obvious who did it and they told the police what they knew. The police then started investigating the matter having Frank Anthony Lopez Quiroz as the main suspect. The police also analysed the video itself, and they were able to identify the shoes of the man recording as a pair of Jordans (keep this in mind because it is going to be important later).
THE ARREST OF FRANK ANTHONY LOPEZ QUIROZ
After several weeks trying to locate Frank, they finally found him hiding in a rented property in San Martin de Porres, in March the 17th 2022 the Peruvian police sent a "SUAT" team (apparently Peru also has its version of the SWAT) to the property. Using a battering ram the "SUAT" team broke into the property to apprehend Frank, Frank quickly tried to tamper the evidence by throwing the weapons on neighboring houses and tried to escape by jumping off a window in the second floor, surprisingly this very well-elaborated escape plan did not work and he ended up injuring both of his legs.
Realising that his career as criminal was over, Frank Anthony Lopez Quiroz, the cold-blooded "killer for pleasure" started crying and apologising.
Frank after jumping off the window
After searching the property the police found guns, gun magazines, shooting targets, 6 kilograms of drugs, weighting scales for the drugs, 2 masks, a pair of Jordans that matched the ones that could be breefly seen in the video, a 9mm glock with a modified 32 round magazine (when the police found it the magazine had 28 rounds inside indicating that it was used before), and more interestingly a list with the names of the people that Frank Anthony Lopez Quiroz was extorting and how much money they owed him; the list had Caripe's name, the location where he was murdered, and the words "owes 60".
6 kilograms of drugs and Frank's Jordans
Shooting target
2 weighting scales
FRANK ANTHONY LOPEZ QUIROZ'S SENTENCE
Frank Anthony Lopez Quiroz was found guilty of at least 10 counts of manslaughter and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, he was also found guilty of drug and firearm related charges and he was sentenced to 17 years for this too.
LOCATION
While i was investigating i checked if the exact location was visible on Google street view and to my surprise it was indeed visible.
If you want to see it by yourselves i will leave the link right here: 938 Las Peras
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JQpEzSitQVQtArQB9
CONCLUSION
Leonardo Alexander Caripe Brito was a working father of 3 that moved to Peru for a better future for himself and his familty but his life was brutally ended for no real reason by a sadistic criminal that was literally supposed to be in jail. This very heartbreaking case goes to show the sad, unfair, and dangerous situation that most of Latin America is going thru every single day, and this also goes to show how ineffective the justice system can be sometimes; the police had many opportunities to stop this menace to society from commiting more crimes early but for one reason or another they left him roam the streets. But we can maybe have some solace in knowing that the murderer was finally jailed and held accountable for all his actions, and we can only hope that he never sets a foot outside a jail ever again.
PERSONAL NOTE
So this is my first Effortpost and it took A LOT of research, writing and compiling to put together. For those of you who might be wondering, i did all of this research and writing by myself, it was truly difficult but it's finally done. I'm also planning to do more Effortposts like this one, so i just want to let you know that there's much more in the way. If you really liked this effortpost you could give it a reward, an upvote or a pin.
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This is where i found Caripe's pictures: https://es.findagrave.com/memorial/257672909/leonardo_alexander-caripe_brito
https://panamericana.pe/buenosdiasperu/locales/344442-cayo-peligroso-asesino-apodado-mata-gusto
https://elmen.pe/pnp-captura-a-peligroso-sicario-mata-por-gusto/
This is where i found how much 60 Soles were in the year 2022: https://www.exchange-rates.org/es/historial/pen-usd-2021
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PAKISTAN — A mob of people killed a suspected thief and seriously injured another in Karachi's Azizabad neighborhood Saturday. The two suspected thieves were trying to escape on a motorcycle after robbing a cell phone store at gunpoint in Karimabad — but the mob started chasing them. The suspects then abandoned their bike and tried fleeing on another motorcycle they stole from a mechanic shop nearby when the mob caught onto them. The angry group beat up the robbers and tortured them, before someone in the crowd opened fire and killed one of the thieves. Police arrived at the scene and took both suspects to an area hospital. Police are searching for the man who shot the thief dead.
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The war between cartels in the State of Mexico does not stop. During this weekend two men were killed in the municipality of Sultepec; one of them was head of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) in Toluca.
On Sunday afternoon the bodies of Adrián Menes Cortés, alias la Hormiga, allegedly in charge of the operations of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel in Toluca, and another man were found in the municipal seat of the municipality of Sultepec.
According to police sources, the bodies were found around 4:00 p.m., at kilometer 1 of the Sultepec - Toluca highway, in the area known as Los Arcos.
Along with the bodies was a narcomensaje signed by the CJNG, in which it was possible to be read:
"HERE IS THE FAMOUS ANT AND YOU CAN BE QUIET, CAREFULLY THE SUKI DUKI PURA FM SOAP".
The two bodies had multiple firearm impacts, mainly to the head.
Personnel from the Ixtapan de la Sal Regional Prosecutor's Office arrived at the scene to pick up the bodies and begin investigations.
A video was broadcast on social networks in which the Ant is seen sitting near a tree with his hands tied behind his back; In which he explains being the person in charge in Toluca of the CJNG and working under the command of a subject he calls "JR", who paid him a salary of 5,000 pesos every two weeks, in addition to listening to him say that he lived in the municipality of Lerma.
In a second video you can see "La Hormiga" accompanied by another man standing on a third party road, where they are killed.
This double homicide adds to the six registered during the weekend in the State of Mexico.
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Translation and simple explanation of what they are saying and the reason behind the execution
Basically, the victim added "PCC" (Primeiro Comando da Capital) to his status (which is a criminal organization in Brazil), and the killers are from a gang called PGC (Primeiro Grupo Catarinense), which is a rival of PCC. So, basically, they question him if he admits to adding that to his status, which he admits to. After he admits adding PCC to his status, the killers say "You are declared our enemy." After killing him, the killers say "This is PGC!".
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