A Colombian hit man accused of more than 100 homicides was arrested in Madrid

05/28/2021 6:23 AM

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Updated 05/28/2021 6:23 AM

A

Colombian hit man

accused of having

killed more than 100 people

was arrested this Friday in Madrid, Spain, by agents of the National Police, in collaboration with troops from Colombia and Interpol.

Nicknamed

"Nene"

, he is attributed the intellectual and material authorship of more than 100 murders, including that of his mother-in-law, whom he killed as

revenge

for a possible theft of money, according to the General Directorate of the Police.

The police investigations began when the Colombian authorities issued two notifications to

locate and arrest the fugitive

for different crimes, all of which were committed in his country of origin.

He was also accused of committing a crime and carrying firearms.

With this information, steps were taken to find his whereabouts and proceed to his arrest.

Due to the extreme gravity of the events committed,

their location

was assigned top priority

, also taking into account the alert that made reference to their dangerousness and propensity to escape.

The capture was possible thanks to an intense collaboration between Spain and Colombia.

In the first place, a work was started to exchange operational information,

jointly monitoring the environment of the fugitive

in both countries.

The @policia has arrested Alias ​​“El Nene” in Madrid, a hitman wanted in Colombia for his involvement in at least 100 deaths, including that of his own mother-in-law.

He is considered the head of a criminal organization called "La Cordillera" pic.twitter.com/VCoOYJqFxJ

- Enrique Rodríguez (@rodriguezcoello) May 28, 2021

It was observed that

their relatives

frequently traveled between the two countries using the plane as a means of transport, so intercontinental monitoring of them was coordinated.

Said

supervision of the environment

was complemented with the study of the patrimonial assets of all related persons, which led to a series of places and addresses in the city of Madrid.

In this way, the agents managed to obtain the location of the

fugitive's

emotional partner

, who was found with a child, possibly the son of the hit man.

After articulating a surveillance device, they witnessed the moment in which

the woman contacted the fugitive

, who was aboard a vehicle.

It was then that he was immediately arrested.

The "Nene": 15 years escaping the law

The detainee, known by the alias of 'Nene', is considered by Colombia as the leader of "La Cordillera", an

international criminal organization 

that has influence in several Colombian departments and that has ramifications throughout the world.

He was allegedly in charge of positioning his criminal group as a

warlike, organized and hierarchical organization

, as well as leading its expansion and consolidation in Europe.

In addition, it articulated large-scale drug trafficking activities in South America, Panama, the United States, Mexico and Cape Verde.

In his criminal career, with

more than 15 years outside the law

, he is attributed the intellectual and material authorship of more than 100 homicides. 

Its entry into Spain took place

in 2015

, with the projection of setting up several branches of "La Cordillera" in Spain, Belgium and France.

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