Ricardo Riquelme Vega

Ricardo Riquelme Vega, also known as El Rico. is a Chilean criminal, who had been convicted of ordering an assassination and laundering illicit drug money.[1][2]

This article is about the Chilean criminal. For the Nicaraguan footballer, see Ricardo Vega.

Criminal career

His first arrest for cocaine trafficking was in Germany in 1990.[1]

He is believed to be a right hand man of Naoufal Fassih and a senior member of the gang responsible for the murder and beheading of Nabil Amzieb.[1]

He was arrested in a hotel in Santiago, Chile in October 2017.[1]

On 31 May 2021 he was convicted of operating an assassination ring and laundering illicit drug money.[2] The trial was held in a fortified court known as De Bunker near Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.[2] The court heard that he was in contact with Ridouan Taghi about organising murders.[2] Judges were also told his phone had a video featuring both Daniel Kinahan and Raffaele Imperiale.[2] It was alleged that Vega, Kinahan, Imperiale and Naoufal Fassih were involved in an illicit drugs cartel that dominated the market in Europe.[2]

See also

References
  1. Tallant, Nicola (6 November 2017). "Cartel's main coke man 'El Rico' busted". The Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. Fetherstonhaugh, Neil (2 June 2021). "Daniel Kinahan's 'super cartel' ally El Rico is jailed for 11 years for running gangland assassination ring". Sunday World. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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