The Gulf Clanthe largest criminal gang in Colombia, began this Thursday a “armed strike” in various departments of the country for the extradition of its maximum leader, Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, aka Ottoniela USA.
In several pamphlets distributed in different regions of the country, the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), as this group is also known, announced that the armed strike will last four days and that those who do not “obey the order” will be “discharged.”
In the so-called armed strikes, criminal groups often restrict the movement of vehicles on the roads and the mobility of people, threatening attacks on those who travel along the roads, even if they are in caravans escorted by the Army.
The first violent actions of the armed strike occurred in the departments of Cesar and Sucre, where buses have been burned, although the greatest tension is experienced in Antioquia, where Otoniel exercised his power with more authority.
Who is alias Otoniel, head of the Clan del Golfo who was extradited to the United States?
Alias Otoniel, handcuffed and dressed in gray sportswear, was handed over on Wednesday by Colombian police at the Catam military base, attached to El Dorado International Airport, to United States and Interpol agents who received him aboard a plane from that country.
security guarantees
Before the announcement of the Clan del Golfo, the Military Forces and the National Police deployed “a special security device” on the main highways of the departments of Antioquia, Córdoba and Bolívar, as well as in the urban centers and rural areas of the municipalities. .
The objective is “maintain the mobility and security of those who move through these areas” in the face of threats from the Clan del Golfo, detailed the Army.
“The territorial commanders with responsibility in the jurisdiction have already traveled to the places where news has been presented, in order to personally direct the operations. The intelligence capabilities of the Public Force are working in an articulated manner to anticipate any possible action that may occur in the areas of interference of the Clan del Golfo”, added the information.
Extradition of Othniel
The head of the Clan del Golfo, the largest criminal gang in Colombia, was captured on October 23 in a police and military operation in the Urabá region, in the department of Antioquia (northwest), and since then he has remained in a prison cell. the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol (Dijin) of the Colombian Police, in Bogotá.
The transfer of the Dijin headquarters to the Catam military base, attached to Bogotá’s El Dorado international airport, had the characteristics of a cinematic spectacle, with a caravan of tanks flanked by dozens of policemen on motorcycles.
Getting off a tank on the airstrip, an Otoniel was seen handcuffed and chained hand and foot, wearing an armored vest and helmet, guarded by dozens of agents.
At the time of his arrest, Otoniel, 50 years old, had 128 arrest warrants in Colombia for crimes such as drug trafficking, extortion, homicide, forced displacement, arms trafficking, formation of armed groups, conspiracy to commit crimes and crimes against humanity, among others, as well as seven convictions. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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