Colombian drug lord arrested: 500 troops break through 8 layers of defense
2021-10-25 09:58:04Source: Overseas Network
Overseas Network, October 24th. On Saturday (23rd) local time, Colombian President Duke announced that the Colombian government had arrested the country’s major drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga that day. On the same day, the Colombian government released the scene of Usuga’s arrest.
According to reports from CNN, TV 24 in France and other foreign media, the Colombian government sent 500 soldiers, members of special forces, police officers and 22 helicopters to attack Usuga on the 23rd based on intelligence provided by the United States and the United Kingdom. Hidden in the forest, and broke through the 8 layers of defense, and finally arrested him on the outskirts of Necokli in the province of Antioquia in the northwest. During the operation, a police officer of the Colombian government died.
Duke issued a statement on the 23rd announcing the arrest of Usuga, believing that this operation is the most significant victory of the Colombian drug crackdown in this century. Duke also requires criminals, including drug lords, to voluntarily surrender, otherwise they face the fate of being wiped out.
The Colombian government also released pictures of Usuga’s arrest that day. In the picture, Usuga was escorted to a military base of the Colombian government in Necokly, wearing black clothes, black trousers, water shoes, and handcuffs to attend a press conference.
The 50-year-old Usuga is the leader of the Gulf Gang, Colombia’s largest drug cartel, and the leader of a right-wing militia. After the militia and the Colombian government reached a peace agreement in 2006, Usuga refused to disarm and began a drug business in Uraba Bay in northern Colombia, smuggling drugs across the forest to the United States.
Usuga had been included on the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) wanted list before. DEA offered a reward of $5 million to appeal to insiders to provide clues to arrest him. The Federal Court in Manhattan, New York, sued Usuga in early 2009 for drug trafficking and funding of right-wing militia organizations. Federal courts in Brooklyn and Miami also accused Usuga of smuggling at least 73 tons of cocaine to the United States via Venezuela, Guatemala and other countries between 2003 and 2014.
According to foreign media reports, Usuga will be extradited to the U.S. Federal Court for the Southern District of New York to stand trial. (Overseas Net Yao Kaihong)
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