The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia authorized the extradition to the United States of Nini Johana Úsuga Davidsister of Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias “Otoniel”, and who is known by the nickname “La Negra”, requested by the US Justice for drug money laundering.
In a resolution of last Wednesday, disclosed today, Judge Hugo Quintero Bernate issued a “favorable concept” for the request for extradition of “La Negra” made diplomatically by the US government “with the strict time limitation set”, that is to say, that it is unfavorable that she be judged for the events that occurred between January 1, 2011 and December 12, 2013.
“La Negra”, who was arrested in March 2021 in Colombia, is requested by the court of the Southern District of Florida (USA) for drug trafficking, she was in charge of money laundering of the money they obtained from this crime , and, because of his blood relationship with alias ‘Otoniel’, who was the most trusted person.
“Otoniel”, the head of the Clan del Golfo (the largest criminal gang dedicated to drug trafficking in Colombia and heir to paramilitarism) and one of the largest drug traffickers in ColombiaAccording to the Government, he was arrested last October in a military and police operation carried out in the department of Antioquia (northwest).
On April 8, Colombian President Iván Duque signed his extradition to the United States, where he is required by the US Justice for crimes related to drug trafficking.
In Colombia it has 122 arrest warrants and six convictions, among them two of 40 and 50 years in prison, for aggravated homicide, homicide of a protected person, forced disappearance, forced displacement and illicit recruitment of minors.
In addition to “Otoniel” and his sister “La Negra”, Colombian authorities have detained several members of the Úsuga David family, including Carlos Mario Úsuga David, brother of Otoniel, who was then in charge of the finances of the Clan del Golfo and Luis Ángel Úsuga Murillo, Alexander Montoya Úsuga and Harlison Úsuga Úsuga, cousins of the leader of that gang.
Alias ”Otoniel” began his criminal career in the Maoist guerrilla Popular Liberation Army (EPL), then joined the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (the country’s largest paramilitary gang) and when they demobilized he created his own criminal gang, initially called Los Urabeños.
“Otoniel” had been intensively sought since 2015 in the Urabá region by thousands of police and military personnel participating in the two phases of “Operation Agamemnon”in which dozens of men under his command were killed and detained and hundreds of tons of cocaine were seized. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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