The arrested person is a Venezuelan citizen. According to the authorities, this subject would have had the participation of two associates to take the figure in honor of the national hero.
of National Police This Sunday he found the remains of the bust of Miguel Grau that was stolen from a small square located in Block 2 of Grau Avenue, in the Piura neighborhood of Castilla.
A Venezuelan citizen, identified as Euclides Manuel Ortiz de la Cerda, alias “Carazas”, was arrested as one of the suspected perpetrators of the theft.
General Manuel Farías, head of Macro Police Region of Piurashowed that the stranger intervened when he was driving a mototaxi reported stolen. He also indicated that they are looking for the other two people involved, who are believed to be Peruvian.
“Let’s hope that the Public Ministry does its job and this guy goes to jail because he can’t attack an emblematic figure of the city, a national hero, it’s not just anyone. Due to the permanent monitoring of the PNP, media pressure from the neighbors managed to find the bust,” he told local media.
In turn, the Pro Marine Association of Peru undertook to restore the hull, which had been destroyed by thieves to be sold for scrap.
The theft happened at dawn
it bust of national hero Miguel Graulocated in the square of the same name, in the Castilla neighborhood, was stolen in the early hours of last Saturday.
Neighbors claimed that weeks ago they saw that the fence surrounding the sculpture had been breached, apparently by the same criminals who took the bust.
“A few weeks ago they had cut part of the bars, leaving space to enter and reach Miguel Grau’s torso. Today we were surprised that it was stolen early in the morning,” said citizen David Calle PPR.
