Security forces in Colombia have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country’s most wanted drug trafficker.
Better known as Otoniel, the 50-year-old was arrested on Saturday during an operation in a rural area of Colombia’s Uraba region, located in Antioquia province.
Images circulating on social media show Otoniel handcuffed with his face planted to the ground.
President Ivan Duque likened his arrest to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar, the famed Colombian narco-trafficking kingpin.
Duque said Otoniel is accused of sending dozens of shipments of cocaine to the United States, as well as of killing police officers, recruiting minors, and sexually abusing children among other crimes.
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@chris roberts
I have bigger goals in life.
But OK.
Seize all his assets and make him pay for the REHAB SLIPT UP TO ALL THE STATES IN AMERICA 🇺🇸..
STOMP OUT THE ARMS AND DRUG DEALS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
NEXT POPPY FIELDS!
His assets belong to the Colombian government now.
My name is Giovani Giorgio but everybody call me Giorgio 🌚
YAY! But it won’t matter. That’s like killing a cockroach in a slum house.
Exactly!
That’s why you need the US military to come in and just drone strike all the cartel infrastructure and people
@Ugh, the humanity! Nope. That’s why we need to put CIA under tribunal for crimes against humanity. CIA is responsible for drug trafficking, they control who and where will make deals, and who won’t. So blaming poorly raised people for taking an opportunity is very ignorant. United Snakes of America, open your eyes who’s the real killer.
@Ugh, the humanity! that’s not how it works but ok
@Ugh, the humanity! you must be brain dead if you think drone strikes will end the cartel war.
There are dozens more to replace him. These people don’t know the meaning of the CARTEL.
But his arrest means that the remaining secondary leaders will end up fighting each other, which will reduce the influence of the cartel.
Drugs per year is a $2 Trillion dollar world wide business that’s not going anywhere.
Going exclusively to US ?
Yeah, is 2 trilion cash money!!!
Surely there is already someone replacing him.
Of course
Blow ?
There will be 15 more in line to take up the vacancy
Around 1:16 is he smiling? That’s not good.
“The war on drugs”
What a coincidence! just exactly when the US Secretary of State (Blinken) is visiting the country, they captured Duque’s drug Baron???? I DO NOT think our compatriots are so STU * to take this sh*!
Not like It will solve anything… drugs will still flow.. a new leader will emerge..
Hopefully not in colombia tho
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Isn’t the biggest drug dealer in Colombia like, the president himself
What difference will that make? None.
Bad ventilation in shopping center kill more then drug.
Can’t wait for Narcos lol
You should but people clean for drug.
Drug heal!
Another drug lord has already filled his spot. Drugs are here forever. No1 can stop drugs. It’s an untouchable business.
drug war can be somewhat won. 1. Users are taken into 6 month rehab camps with no luxuries where they will learn skills and work for their stay. Every repeat will double the time at the rehab camps. 2. Anyone caught red handed selling the drug is executed immediately. 3. Significant cash rewards to anyone with info leading to arrests or siezures of people involved with drugs.
@Lee Melvin Who will pay this?
@xamil money and assets taken from drug dealers.
There are thoisands of people behind it,arresting him Is like saying:”We removed a sand grain out of a Sahara desert”.
Drugs are big business…they keep everyone in a job. On both sides of the Ethics hotline. Police, Gangs, Addicts, Politicians. Then all these people would have to get real jobs…
Who wants to slave away their life for $10-$20 a hour actually working?
Waiting for Narcos next season based on him
Lol every comment here is spot on, this won’t cause a blip in supply
That man was irrelevant in his drug cartel. Seriously, no one cares about Otoniel. He’s like yesterday’s news. His arrest means nothing.
Don’t they need a few more 😏🤷♀️.
One gone another up 🤷♀️
Oh Come on, there are so many Drug Lord in there, From El Burrito to El Nachos or any other names.
Only way out is to destroy the (US / EU) market by legalizing and disrupting the market. Prices will fall and criminals will be out of this business.
The destroyed market will just create a new problem; meth, opioids, alcohol, heroin, barbiturates, extract, etc.
@coolnout You will always have people using substances in all cultures. The crime / money factor is related to the price and availability. You can regulate use of substances fairly well like several country’s do with marihuana. There is enough evidence that this works. Crime starts when governments criminalize specific drugs and sell other legal. This does not solve the general problem of use because that is related to social- economical factors as well but i takes it out of the crime scene. Like the prohibition of alcohol in the 30 ties which led to mafia running the business.
One puta goes down another puta comes up. Unfortunately it will never end unless there is a sweeping reform. Lol.
I hope they get them all
That’s why you need the US military to come in and just drone strike all the cartel infrastructure and people.
Like an _actual war_ on drug *cartels*
This Otoniel is totally irrellevant, Alvaro Uribe Velez and Marta Lucia Ramirez are the real Colombian Drug Lords!!!
I forgot you said “One day you’ll walk alone”🍃
cia will free him
Foolish
The biggest drug cartel is big pharma and the government. Wake up people.
It requires money to make money. This is the best secret I have ever discovered we don’t make money, we EARN and MULTIPLY money
It’s nice to hear people discuss about investment, because investment always beat cash.
Lol scam bots gonna storm this reply section.
Let’s see it!
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This is enough reason to restart narcos Colombia. Otoñiel can be played by Harvey Weinstein
He deserved to be imprisoned for life
Now the Mexican cartels are going to take over Colombia
Since Escobar era Colombia never seen soo powerful drug lord like Otoniel
Nothing new the war on drugs was a joke every time a so called drug lords arrest it’s millions that will take there place plus government officials around the world make good money from them drug lords same as war lords yall probably could fool a dummy.
Nothing will change because Goldman Sachs employees will do anything for covaine.
Bringing Escobar down did nothing to eradicate the multi billion dollar business. So what will Otoniel’s arrest change ? The name of the new drug lord ?
There is only one way to stop the drug trade. Make it legal and set the prices at 10 cents a gram.
Doesn’t matter, someone else took his place
Bragging about powder kingpin capture but the biggest “ human trafficking kingpin” in history (Joe Biden) still isn’t arrested.
The US celebrates, having successfully taken out one competitor.
The US(Allegedly) did not want an opponent. 😂
Come on man, the US doesn’t have the climate to grow all this sh t.
@gayle mc Wasn’t about, “Growing.”
Ice T said it best, “Gangs(and Drugs) will Never die.. Just multiply.”
” The players change but the game goes on “
They probably have a chain of command. There are 10000 more to take his place
As you see him handcuffed you can’t begin to imagine what he is thinking in that $hitstorm he calls a brain. Betrayal, any advances on betrayal?
Wow u got him but he has 12,00 or more men to pick up where he left off the underboss Will run things in Usagas name . It don’t end .
Ur son has blood cancer
Yes you listo…!!
These same brave officers will still carry out similar operations in their future career. Its all madness!
They say get Escobar and it will end it all now its otoniel. Please the war on drugs was lost when it was started false American dreams, are promised but never kept
Someone else took his place, the war never ends
Any idea who?
Let’s hope the Colombian authorities are not as corrupt as the Brazilian Supreme Court that gives an Habeas Corpus for any organized crime member right after their imprisonments.
Nah he is going straight to the US and and once there to ADX Florence.
He looks remarkably like Ed Asner.
The drugs leaders is like a revolving door one leader gets caught another takes over the world need to cut the demands for illegal drugs
How come they never arrest any Chinese narco-boss? China is the number one synthetic drugs producer (not to mention together with India the most polluting country on earth) and yet no news about it. Oh yeah; I almost forgot the small detail that leftist politicians worldwide are their prostitutes. Bottom line? This is just a show. A gigantic BS.
Cant wait for netflix to upload it🤣🤣🇨🇦🇬🇭
His replacement already picked
Just legalize it all. No other way to stop drug criminalty
Very nice 👉
make the stuff legal because it aint never gona stop
OFC THIS IS CIA DOINGO FOR CONTROL, THEY CHANGE THINGS IS MEXICO THEY ALLSO CAPTURE OTONIEL
THIS EVENTS RELARE TO EACH OTHER !!!
CIA IS THE TRUE CARTEL LEADER IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERIKA WITH DEA FOR LITLE PUPPET !!!
THEY JUST POINT THEY FINGERS TO OTHERS AND CHANGES NAMES ON AND ON TO ENTERTAIN US
Thank from my nouse and fun nights
His the the Colombian version of Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano aka el z3
Escoba 2.0
Omg why???? .. First Pablo Escobar, second El Chapo… And now Dairo Antonio??? 😢😢😢
Nothing will change
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