The Colombian Executive hopes “to speed up this process and to proceed with the extradition of this dangerous criminal,” added the president.
Since capturing Darío Antonio Úsuga, the real name of the drug boss, Duque has expressed his interest in being tried in the United States, where he is required in houses for drug trafficking that are processed in courts in Miami and New York, local media and the AFP news agency reported.
“Otoniel” led the so-called Gulf Clan, the group that controls 30% of Colombia’s cocaine production (about 300 tons), the largest producer of that drug in the world, according to authorities.
Its criminal network extends to 28 countries where it operates in alliance with Mexican mafias.
In 2017, the 50-year-old capo had announced his intention to negotiate his submission to justice, but the management did not prosper and Úsuga continued to commit crimes until he congregated thousands of men in his own army.
The authorities responded with a fierce persecution in the jungle near Panama, where he was arrested on October 23.
The independent study center Indepaz estimates that it has 1,600 men under its command, but the authorities estimate that there would be 3,800, between combatants and collaborators.
Held in a Bogotá jail, “Otoniel” is exposed to a sentence of up to 30 years, according to experts.
The Colombian justice also requires it for homicide, terrorism, recruitment of minors and kidnapping, among other crimes that he would have committed when he was a guerrilla and paramilitary before becoming the most wanted narco in the country.
If he is finally convicted in the United States, he will have to pay later for his crimes in Colombia.
Although the United States has supported Colombia in almost half a century of fighting drugs, the South American country still suffers from the violence sponsored by this illegal business, which leaves thousands of victims.
Several drug lords were extradited and convicted in the United States since the 1900s, without this having meant the end of the mafias.
Source From: Ambito
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