Colombian police have arrested the head of the world's largest drug trafficking organization Dairo Usuga , nicknamed Otoniel. How the drug lord was captured, tells AiF.ru.
Colombian President Ivan Duque announced the capture of Colombia's most wanted drug lord on Twitter. On this occasion, he spoke on state television.
'Catching a criminal means the end of the drug cartel' it is the biggest blow to the drug trade in the 21st century. The event can only be compared in importance to the arrest in the 90s of Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most famous criminals, “he commented.
The country's president noted that several countries, including the United States, are requesting the extradition of Usugi.
Mafia boss arrested in Necocli, 600 km from the capital Bogota, following the Osiris special operation.
Military forces were needed to stop the drug lord. Photo: https://vk.com//Screenshot
Details of Operation Osiris are not disclosed. The military clash is known to have taken place in the remote mountains of Colombia, near the border with Panama. The special operation was monitored by the military air force consisting of 22 helicopters and 500 police officers. During Usugu's detention, a policeman was killed.
There is a short video of the arrest on the internet. On it, the Colombian rafter soldiers fly in a helicopter and dump machine gun fire on mountainous terrain. It is further shown that the assailant is already handcuffed.
How the Colombian drug lord was captured
Diro Antonio Usuga was considered Colombia's most wanted drug lord. He led the Gulf Clan group. Clan sent tons of cocaine to Central America and the United States via the Uraba region.
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Six years ago, the BBC reported that 1,200 Colombian police officers were involved in the search for Usuga, but all attempts to find the culprit have failed. Separately, a Colombian police helicopter crashed into the mountains while carrying out an operation to capture a criminal. As a result, 18 people died.
In 2017, the US Department of State offered a reward of $ 5 million for information leading to the arrest of a drug lord.
The drug dealer has been arrested. Photo: https://vk.com//Screenshot
In 2017, Colombian anti-trafficking police dropped leaflets from helicopters offering a $ 5 million reward for information that would help stop it.
President Ivan Duque has promised to cooperate with the American authorities, but announced his intention, above all, to shed light on the crimes of the drug lord in Colombia itself.