President Iván Duque likened the arrest Saturday of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan, whose army of assassins has terrorized much of northern Colombia to gain control of major cocaine smuggling routes through thick jungles north to Central America and onto the U.S.
But like many of his gunmen, he’s also cycled through the ranks of several guerrilla groups, most recently claiming to lead the Gaitanist Self Defense Forces of Colombia, after a mid-20th century Colombian leftist firebrand.Authorities said intelligence provided by the U.S. and U.K. led more than 500 soldiers and members of Colombia’s special forces to Úsuga’s jungle hideout, which was protected by an eight rings of security.
He and his brother, who was killed in a raid in 2012, got their start as gunmen for the now-defunct leftist guerrilla group known as the Popular Liberation Army and then later switched sides and joined the rebels’ battlefield enemies, a right-wing paramilitary group. Leaks and a network of safe houses at rural homesteads allowed him for years to resist a scorched-earth campaign by the military against the Gulf Clan.
How bout blur the nametags and point it out to the Columbian press office.
Hello aren’t “underage women” actually girls? Maybe update your revered AP style guide with that.
Can I get a 8 ball of uncut please..thank you.
It will make no difference. The War on Drugs is stupid.
this is most that most of us have heard of him. i'd doubt the co co is souring like it did in many decades before. still it's about catching a kingpin. that should become easier and easier
Remind me, who buys that cocaine, largely?
Why is cocaine production soaring?
Today someone is $5M richer. At least now Colombia has fewer pieces of human garbage to worry about.
so very too bad
Who?
Why not kill all associated with the trade and others will then think twice about taking their place
Knowing damm well a entire war is going to start if they don’t release him this is exactly what happened when el chapo son got captured and started a major battlefield at Mexico
I take it seriously if he could get the smirk 😏 off his face. This not serious and you know that addict Hunter Biden writing the script. He looks this this stuff so pussy he want bust up laughing.
I'd like to congratulate Drugs on winning the 'War on Drugs' 👏🏽
Why didn’t they just blast his ass
Where ima get my drugs now?
im sure Alex Saab has nothing to do with this.. im sure the 1 consumer of drugs ie America is distraught over this..
Damn they caught the 🔌
I know you are just reporting, but a dozen isn’t shit 😒
A drug lord know for killing cops and recruiting minors is caught and the Twitter crowd thinks he's some kind of hero that deserves freedom. Go figure.
He’s paid off the Colombian government. Give me a break.
Hey netflix time for a new Narcos season to the original 3 seasons.
About 6 months ago an fbi alert noted that the cia or fbi or someone had infiltrated a gang. The fbi guy suggested his buddies use an app for their phones that made all communications encrypted. They all did it, but it was a tracking style app, the fbi was 'watching' everything
So, the Saturday drop is off
The US didn't care for him cutting in on their action.
Every few months the same story comes up. And it's been happening since I was a child. And it means NOTHING
So Catch one and 20 more pop up. Blah blah blah. Nobody cares anymore. Let's legalize all this crap and then catching this guy will mean something. Or just leave this stuff alone because a bust means nothing.
That’s my weekend In ruins
UnrankedWarrior no fucking way
No matter how infamous the drug lord, they are just a spoke on a wheel that keeps turning. Mexico is even worse after their strategy of targeting kingpins because who would've guessed that destroying organisations meant complete chaos.
Lesssgo
Gosh. I guess it's pizza for all Colombia, and the US State Department's paying!
DEA gotta get that competition out of the way.
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