“Operations and latest model of motorcycles”: what was the luxurious life of the influencer who would have sponsored the Clan del Golfo

They call her ‘Linda Caramelo’ and she is an influencer who was arrested early this week as part of an operation against the Clan del Golfo in Colombia.

The person involved in this criminal construction is still under house arrest, Semana reported on September 11, 2023.

Her real name is Ceci Julieth Pino Restrepo and she is 33 years old. In El Colombiano they said about her: “known in Urabá show business as Nice candy or Linda R21″.

This outlet explains that this influencer’s arrest took place during the development of a “gigantic money laundering operation” against the Gulf clan.

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The influencer’s ‘social life’

Ceci Julieth Pino Restrepo was said to be living in Urabá, Antioquia, and citing authorities, the press reported that “she was the lover of Wilmer Urrego Torres.”

“This person – the woman – served as an influencer for the community in the municipality of Turbo and also He was devoted to holding motorcycle lotteries and bonuses to perform cosmetic surgeries“, Semana and El Colombiano publish, citing Brigadier General José Luis Ramírez Hinestroza, Director of Criminal Investigation (Dijín) and Interpol.

According to Ramírez, Linda Caramelo “is accused of having a fleet of more than 80 motorcycles, the latest model, dedicated to motorcycle taxis in Turbo.”

The investigation includes the assumption that he committed himself “to the construction of luxury houses in vulnerable areas of the same municipality, with illegal money from the drug trade, and thus to laundering assets,” Semana said.

According to the other media cited, the police managed to “execute ten arrest warrants and confiscate 199 properties worth more than 15,000 million pesos, located in Medellín, Montería and Urabá.”

The connection with Wilmer Urrego

The influencer, it was stated, is the “extramarital partner” of Wilmer Urrego, “considered the leader of the Will clan, consisting of the four brothers Wilmer, Wilmar, Wilder and William Urrego Torres,” Infobae explains.

Linda Caramelo has been in custody since last Monday, Infobae said. He has children, as evidenced by what he expresses in a video. And on his networks he showed the “luxury” life he led, Noticias Caracol said.

Infobae added that a home security order was issued because he allegedly received money from illegal activities and because he could not justify an increase in his net worth by 818 million pesos (approximately $207,581.99).

As mentioned, the detention is house arrest. When he got home, Semana said he had said a few words online. In response to questions from followers, he is said to have replied: “That little question that everyone is waiting to know, I am not going to express because God and time will speak for me. Blessings and I love you.”

I would never do anything to harm anyone, let it be God who takes control in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Linda Caramelo, quoted in Semana

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“The Testaments”

These Urrego brothers are accused of “creating a drug trafficking network serving the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, also known as the Gulf Clan.

Regarding Wilmer Urrego specifically, it was reported in El Colombiano that he is “one of the cartel’s main alleged money launderers.”

The Public Prosecution Service had announced the arrest of “Los Will” in November 2022.

He indicated that these brothers would be “the main representatives of a criminal network accused of transporting cocaine hydrochloride through Urabá, Antioquia.”

This family group “apparently acquired the narcotic through various structures of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, which were also paid to allow the passage of the illicit substance to the collection points in the coastal area.”

According to the evidence, the Public Prosecution Service said that after obtaining certain quantities, the shipments were camouflaged in speedboats and sent to the United States and Central American countries.

(JO)