Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country’s narcotics traffickers in decades.
Colombia’s President Iván Duque Márquez confirmed the capture of Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as “Otoniel,” in a televised national address Saturday.
Referring to the Colombian drug lord who died in 1993 after building a multibillion-dollar empire dealing cocaine, Duque said that this coup is only comparable to the fall of Pablo Escobar in the 90s.
He said that Otoniel was the most feared drug trafficker in the world, a murderer of policemen, soldiers, social leaders, and a recruiter of minors.
50 year old Otoniel, was seized by Colombian authorities during an operation in a rural area of Colombia’s Uraba region, located in Antioquia province.
According to the report by Reuters, one police officer died during the operation.
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