500 anti-drug agents in action in Colombia: the super boss of the Gulf Clan was captured in a shelter in the jungle after the killing of his brother and the arrest of his sister
Dairo Usuga, alias Otoniel. A man for all seasons, a criminal who went from the far left to the right and then became the great boss of the Colombian Gulf Clan. His parable ended like that of others: the ascent, the summit, finally the fall. The smuggler was captured in a jungle shelter in Necocl, near the border with Panama.
Ideological swing
a particular story, marked by a propensity for violence but also by the ability to stay alive. Usuga, now fifty years old, starts wielding weapons at a very young age in the ranks of a Marxist faction, Epl, therefore, with a pirouette moves into the ranks of a paramilitary group, another scourge of the South American state. The ideological swing – excessive word – projects him into the world of narcos. After all, the local radical movements, no matter the color, have found it convenient and profitable to mix with the cocaine trafficking. Abundant as ever, the new Eldorado, an inexhaustible mine that supplies Europe, Asia and the United States with dust by airplanes, semi-submarines, ships. Otoniel had about 1,200 men under his command, well framed, with important logistic structures and key contacts on the market. Relations with Mexican organizations and other mafias are very strong. All consolidated, in the tradition of old alliances and pacts, with the use of extortion, hit men, threats.
Ideological swing
His formation became the main opponent of local authorities and the United States. Bogot offered a bounty of about $ 800,000, Washington offered $ 5 million, underlining the leader’s weight. And then he provided investigative help to hunt him down. Not an easy mission. Dairo Usuga – they explain – behaved like a shrewd fugitive. To communicate, no telephones, nothing that could transmit a signal. So he relied on the classic courier method. Complicated, slow, for sure. Think how much Osama spanned with the same modus operandi. The Colombians responded with new efforts, gained Anglo-American support and launched Operation Osiris. Imposing. Five hundred men, about twenty aircraft, select teams and informants to track down a fugitive used to changing lair almost every night. Great mobility, secrecy and a security system – they say in Bogot – made up of 7-8 circles. Adequate measures imposed by a person who is aware of the risks. He knew the armed struggle, his brother Juan de Dios – known as Giovanni – was killed and he took his place at the head of the gang while his sister Nini was taken in the spring. Only him was missing and, in the end, they put handcuffs on his wrists.
President Ivan Duque called the arrest comparable to that of Pablo Escobar. A historic event. But the past itself says a lot about the future: when one king dies, another is made. Command the law of demand for coca, the queen the commodity.
October 24, 2021 (change October 24, 2021 | 22:54)
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