His intention is that he will answer before the courts of New York and Florida for charges related to drug trafficking.
The leader of the criminal gang of the Gulf Clan, Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias Otoniel I would go to a prison in the United States.
This Thursday, Colombian President Iván Duque said that the North American country made a formal extradition request for Otoniel, who was captured last October in the northwest of the country.
“The national government has already formally received the request for the extradition of aliases Otoniel by the United States. The administrative procedures have already been carried out in the Ministry of Justice and in the Foreign Ministry, and yesterday that request was made available to the Supreme Court of Justice, ”said the president.
The drug trafficker chief, who had been surrounded and besieged by the Army and Police for months in Urabá, in northwestern Colombia, was captured on October 23 in a mountainous area.
The United States requests in extradition to Otoniel to answer before courts in New York and Florida for charges related to drug trafficking.
Against Úsuga there are 122 arrest warrants in Colombia and 6 convictions, including two of 40 and 50 years in prison, for aggravated homicide, homicide of a protected person, forced disappearance, forced displacement and illegal recruitment of minors.
The Colombian ruler also confirmed that Antonio Moreno Tuberquia, alias, will be extradited to the United States. Nicholas, second leader of the Gulf Clan, captured on August 5, 2018.
Duque said that, respecting the independence of powers, but protected by the harmonious collaboration between them, he spoke with the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, magistrate Luis Antonio Hernández, to “give total speed to this process and that it can proceed with the extradition of this dangerous criminal ”.
Regarding the two extradition processes, the one that materialized and the one that begins the formal process before the Supreme Court of Justice, Duque stated that “they are a targeted blow to drug trafficking.”
For the national government, Otoniel He was one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the country and offered a reward of up to 3,000 million pesos (almost 800,000 dollars) on his head; while for the United States, which has him on the “Clinton List”, he is one of the most dangerous drug traffickers and money launderers in the world, for whom he offered up to 5 million dollars.
According to the Police, the Gulf Clan, the country’s largest criminal and drug trafficking gang, traffics 20 tons of cocaine on average per month and sends it, through intermediaries and other international cartels, to at least 28 countries.
On the other hand, President Duque also said that so far this year 595 tons of cocaine have been seized, a figure above 500 tons in all of 2020.
“This is the highest number of seizures of cocaine hydrochloride in the history of our country,” said the head of state. (I)
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