Naín Andrés Pérez Toncel, alias “Bendito Menor,” was the 26-year-old leader who commanded the drug trafficking, extortion, and contract killing operations of the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada (Los Pachenca) in the department of La Guajira.
“Bendito Menor” gained public notoriety for flaunting a life of luxury, firearms, high-end vehicles, and private parties on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, presenting himself and his partner as a sort of defiant “crime influencers.”

Judicial authorities had issued a Red Notice through Interpol for his arrest on charges of aggravated homicide, conspiracy to commit a crime, extortion, kidnapping, and for leading violent criminal acts such as massacres and forced displacements in Colombia’s Caribbean region.

The confirmation of his death late Thursday night last week, following a police operation in Riohacha, brought relief to the residents of La Guajira, whom he had kept in fear through murders, extortion, and kidnappings.