Colombia will release one of the country’s most influential drug barons, Dairo Antonio Usugu, to the United States, the Colombian government said on Sunday.
With faith was detained on Saturday in the jungle of Nekokli, located near the border with Panama. He heads Colombia’s largest criminal organization, the Clan del Golfo, which controls about 50% of Colombia’s cocaine supply.
The detainee is also known as Otoniels, Maurizio and Mao. About 700 police officers took part in the capture of Usuga and 18 helicopters were used in the operation. The United States had offered five million dollars for information to help capture Usugu.
“This is the most significant blow to the drug trade in our country this century,” President Ivan Duke said on Saturday, adding that Usuga’s detention was tantamount to the capture of Pablo Eskobar.
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