(ANSA) - BOGOTA, MAY 05 - The biggest drug trafficker in Colombia, 'Otoniel', was extradited to the United States yesterday: Colombian president IvanDuque announced it.
"I want to inform that Dairo Antonio Usuga, aka 'Otoniel', has been extradited," the Colombian president announced on Twitter last night.
The 50-year-old chief of the Gulf Clan crime-trafficking organization was arrested on 23 October in the north-west of the country during a large military operation.
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EMBED START Image {id: "editor_0"} epa09927377 A handout photo made available by the ColombianNational Army showing the head of the Clan del Golfo, thelargest criminal gang dedicated to drug trafficking in Colombiaand heiress to paramilitarism, Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias'Otoniel ' during his extradition process to the US from Bogota, Colombia, 04 May 2022. On 08 April, the Colombian Presidentsigned Usuga's extradition to the United States, where he isrequired by the US Justice for crimes related to drugtrafficking.
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