Dairo Antonio Úsuga He posed with a calm step when he appeared handcuffed and led by two soldiers armed with automatic rifles, reaching a smile. ‘Otoniel‘was the most wanted and most dangerous drug trafficker in Colombia.
President Iván Duque has compared this arrest “with the fall of Pablo Escobar“in what he considers” the hardest blow that has been inflicted on drug trafficking in this century. “
The capture of the feared leader of the Gulf Clan he arrived after hours of intense combat, by land and air, in the jungle of Antioquia, where he was taking refuge. Once arrested, and already boarded the helicopter, the military did not miss the opportunity to be photographed with him. They are proud to pose with a smiling drug dealer.
Had more than 120 arrest warrants and the United States had come to offer four and a half million euros for a clue as to his whereabouts. Since 2012, ‘Otoniel’ was the maximum leader of the clan and is accused of drug trafficking, homicide and crimes against humanity.
Already in 2015, more than 400 tons of cocaine. For years people around him have been falling, but until today no capture operation has been successful.
His arrest strengthens the president Ivan Duque, although, although it puts it in check, it will not be the end of the Gulf Clan. Decentralization and the size of the criminal organization would allow it to continue operating in the future.
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