Colombia prepares to extradite drug lord 'Otoniel' to US

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Colombia's government announced Sunday it is working towards extraditing the country's most-wanted drug trafficker 'Otoniel' to the United States, a day after he was captured in a major operation in the jungle.

Colombia's government announced Sunday it is working towards extraditing the country's most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" to the United States, a day after he was captured in a major operation in the jungle.

“There is an extradition order against Otoniel, and this extradition order… remains in progress,” Defense Minister Diego Molano told the daily El Tiempo newspaper in an interview. The United States had offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of Otoniel, one of the most feared men in Colombia.

The government accuses other armed groups such as the Popular Liberation Army , and rebels who walked away from the peace pact signed with the FARC guerillas in 2016, of financing themselves with drug trafficking revenue. “He murdered more than 200 members of the security forces… Many soldiers have suffered because of this murderer and his friends,” Duque said.

 

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