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Latin America's biggest arms dealer Diego Dirsio is arrested in Argentina after a month on the run
Latin America's biggest arms dealer Diego Dirísio is arrested in Argentina after a month on the run: Funneled almost 43,000 weapons to gangs in Brazil
By ADRY TORRES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:52 EST, 2 February 2024 | UPDATED: 18:19 EST, 2 February 2024
A fugitive considered the biggest arms trafficker in Latin America has been arrested in his native Argentina by Interpol after more than a month on the run.
Diego Dirísio and his wife Julieta Nardi, a native of Paraguay and model in the 1990s, were taken into custody during an operation in the central province of Cordoba, according to Brazilian news outlet G1. The couple have been on the run since December after they avoided being captured by authorities at their home in Paraguay, where they are wanted by authorities.
Interpol learned of Dirísio's and Nardi's location after they received an anonymous tip.
Paraguayan and Brazilian authorities accuse Dirísio of utilizing his Paraguay-based business, International Auto Supply, to purchase $242 million worth of weapons and ammunitions from companies in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia and Turkey. Guns, rifles, machines guns and ammunition were shipped to Paraguay and then funneled to some of Brazil's most powerful criminal organizations.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13039465/latin-americas-largest-arms-dealer-weapons-gangs-brazil-arrested-argentina.html