VIDEO: Colombian Army fires from an artillery helicopter to stop Otoniel, from the Gulf Clan
Capture of Otoniel from the Gulf Clan.
Photo: Colombia Oscura video capture. / Courtesy
The capture of Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias Otoniel , the main ringleader of the largest criminal gang in Colombia, the Clan del Golfo , dedicated to the drug trafficking and other illegal activities, ends a criminal career in different organizations in that country.
For years, alias Otoniel managed to evade the Army and the Police , which developed innumerable operations in the Urabá area (northwest), despite the fact that the Colombian Government offered a reward of up to 3, 000 million pesos (almost $ 800, 000 dollars) and the United States , $ 5 million dollars.
Video is filtered in which the ll fall of a helicopter of the National Army and attacks against the security rings of alias ‘Otoniel’ where several of the criminals were killed. pic.twitter.com/5wmvorlGBa
In social networks videos of his capture circulated where helicopter gunships appear firing towards the ground where the drug trafficker and the people who were protecting him were allegedly
The bonnet is from 2013 on the “Clinton List” in the United States along with the most dangerous drug traffickers and money launderers in the world , and the gang he led, also known as Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC), has more than 3. 000 members, according to intelligence agencies.
“With this blow to alias ‘Otoniel’ in Operation Osiris marks the end of the Gulf Clan and All those who have belonged to this criminal structure, the message is clear and forceful: either they submit to Justice immediately or the full weight of the law will fall on them, ”said Colombian President Iván Duque, confirming the capture.
According to the Government, the Clan del Golfo is responsible for the shipment of tons of cocaine to States Unidos , as well as setting up a criminal network dedicated to collecting extortions from businessmen and merchants in the Urabá region, on the border with Panama, and mainly on the Atlantic coast.
