A resounding blow to the drug trafficking networks was recently dealt by the Dijín Police Directorate for Criminal Investigations through the Final Flight operation, which took place in the Caribbean and other parts of the national territory.
The authority indicated that thanks to the support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, of the United States and the Prosecutor’s Office, four persons, including an Ecuadorian national, were arrested for the crimes of conspiracy to commit a crime and illegal drug trafficking. , for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Southern District of Florida.
“These arrests are the result of an investigation conducted since 2017 against a drug trafficking network. Thanks to special techniques, its existence and the identification of its members were established, in addition to their assigned role in the various stages of shipping narcotics abroad. General Luis Ramírez Hinestroza, Director of Criminal Investigation and Interpol, reported.
Those captured were identified as Luis Eduardo and Carlos Andrés Gómez Abadía; Alfonso Gómez Pineda and Carlos Julio Ramírez Ortega, the latter known by the alias ‘Musulman’.
Regarding this individual, General Ramírez reported his ties to the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, as well as his direct relationship with alias “Chiquito Malo.”
“Alias ’Musulmán’ coordinated all logistics for shipping cocaine to the United States, he also managed the finances of drug trafficker Juan Carlos Cuesta, aka ‘Gordo Rufla’, captured in 2021 and extradited in March 2023,” added the high officially.
Regarding the modus operandi of the structure, the police confirmed that they had a zone of criminal interference in the cities of Cali, Medellín and Bogotá, where the drugs were camouflaged in blocks of wood that were transported to ports on the Pacific coast and the Caribbean . from where it was shipped in containers that left for the United States in boats. There it was received by other members of the organization responsible for retail marketing. The criminal tentacles were also expanded in neighboring Ecuador.
Source: El heraldo
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