Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker captured

Bogota, Oct 24 (IANS) The Colombian government said that the country's most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" has been captured.According to the authorities, Dairo Antonio Usuga (50), who headed the country's largest drug trafficking gang known as the Gulf Clan, was captured in a rural area of the Department of Antioquia near the border with Panama, reports Xinhua news agency.President Ivan Duque Marquez confirmed Otoniel's capture in a televised national address on Saturday."This coup is only comparable to the fall of Pablo Escobar in the 90s. Otoniel was the most feared drug trafficker in the world, a murderer of policemen, soldiers, social leaders, and a recruiter of minors," he said.After becoming the leader of the Gulf Clan, one of the most powerful criminal organisations in Colombia, Otoniel was considered one of the most-wanted target for Colombian authorities.
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