Gulf Clan Otoniel Cocaine Smuggler | Most Wanted Drug Lord "Otoniel" Arrested In Colombia
President Ivan Duque spoke of the biggest blow to the Colombian drug trade in decades. Otoniel is said to have supplied the United States with cocaine, among other things. During a large-scale operation, the Colombian armed forces arrested the alleged head of the powerful Gulf clan, Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel. "This is the biggest blow to drug trafficking in our country this century," said Colombian President Ivan Duque in a video message. The blow is only comparable to the case of the drug dealer Pablo Escobar , who died in 1993 during a police operation over the rooftops of Medellín. A police officer was killed in the action. 500 members of Colombian special forces and 22 helicopters were involved in the operation in the province of Antioquia, the United States and Great Britain had provided information. Otoniel is said to have sent numerous deliveries of cocaine to the United States. He was also accused of murdering police officers and activists, sexually abusin...