Colombia: capo in charge of sending cocaine to Europe arrested

Police in Spain reported that they arrested a drug lord in charge of sending cocaine to the European criminal organizations ‘Ndraguetta and Mocro Maffia in Colombia, in a joint operation of the Colombian and Spanish authorities. The detainee “is considered presumed directly responsible for the operations of the cartel (Medellín) in Europe and link between the cartel and criminal organizations“, indicated the National Police in a statement.

The ‘Ndraguetta is the Calabrian mafia and the Mocro Maffia is a group named after the Moroccan origin of many of its members, which controls part of the cocaine trade in Europe through the Dutch ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam.

Julio Andrés Murillo Figueroa, alias H-1 or El Zar, was arrested on March 1 at his home, “a luxury villa located in a secluded rural area of ​​the Antioquia region”.

The 49-year-old capo had an arrest warrant in Spain for drug trafficnoted from the “shipment of more than a ton and a half of cocaine hydrochloride to the coastal city of Huelva (Spain), in 2021″, indicated the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office in a bulletin.

According to colombian police“the invisible drug dealer” was the largest supplier of cocaine to Jonas Sture Falk, known as the Pablo Escobar Swedish, and had “direct links with the Gulf Clan”, the largest drug cartel in the South American country.

“There were two particularities that allowed him to fully identify: his periodic attendance at a medical center to treat a mobility problem, which forced him to use a cane, and the constant transfer of his pet to veterinary clinics.“, the police stated in a bulletin.

Images shared by Colombian authorities show Murillo in a huge mansion next to a lake, in the company of his pet.

Spain is one of the main entry routes for drugs in Europe for its close ties with South America and Colombia It is the largest producer of cocaine in the world.

In recent coups, Spanish authorities confiscated eight tons of cocaine coming from Suriname and in August 9.5 tons of cocaine in a container arrived from Ecuador, the largest cache of that drug ever confiscated in Spain.