Can't Stop Invaders To US, But Columbia Captures Drug Lord With 500 Troops

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Colombia arrests most-wanted drug lord Otoniel in jungle raid involving 500 troops & 22 choppers

24 Oct, 2021



Too bad those countries don't try this hard to keep "refugees" from crossing their borders to the US

Colombian special forces have captured notorious drug trafficker  Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, during a massive operation on Saturday.      Around 500 troops and 22  helicopters were reportedly involved in the raid on Otoniel's hideout in  the jungle area of the Uraba region in the northwest of the country.  The force was so overwhelming that even eight rings of security couldn't  save the drug lord from arrest this time. The operation, in which  one police officer lost his life, was carried out based on intelligence  provided by the US and UK, according to the authorities.

Otoniel's arrest "is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in  our country this century. This hit is only comparable to the fall of  Pablo Escobar in the 1990s," Colombian President Ivan Duque said. The  man is believed to be the boss of the Gulf Clan, which has controlled  major cocaine smuggling routes in the jungle, and for years has kept  most of northern Colombia in fear. The Gulf Clan has around 1,200  fighters, most of whom are former guerilla members...

In the picture, distributed by Colombia's  armed forces, the 50-year-old was seen sporting high rubber boots  usually worn by farmers in the rural areas of the country.  The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had earlier placed a $5  million bounty on Otoniel. In 2009, the Manhattan Federal Court indicted  him on drug charges and aiding a far-right militia designated as a  terrorist group in the US. It was followed by indictments from the  Brooklyn and Miami federal courts, accusing the Colombian of smuggling  73 metric tons of cocaine to America...

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