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Later indictments in Brooklyn and Miami federal courts accused him of importing into the US at least 73 metric tons of cocaine between 20 through countries including Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Honduras.īut like many of his gunmen, he has also cycled through the ranks of several guerrilla groups, most recently claiming to lead the Gaitanist Self Defense Forces of Colombia, after a mid-20th century Colombian leftist firebrand. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds is criminal empire. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. He was first indicted in 2009, in Manhattan's federal court, on narcotics charges and for allegedly providing assistance to a far-right paramilitary group designated a terrorist organisation by the US government. Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. "Otoniel is bound to be replaced." Sending drugs to the US "It's a big deal because he's the biggest drug kingpin in Colombia," Mr Guzman said, but added that the capture would not change the fundamentals of drug trafficking. Though Mr Duque said Otoniel's capture represented the end of the Gulf Clan, Colombia Risk Analysis director Sergio Guzman said a new leader would surely be waiting to take over. ( Colombian presidential press office/Reuters)

His arrest is something of a boost for the conservative president Mr Duque, whose law and order rhetoric has been no match for soaring cocaine production.Ĭolombian President Iván Duque likened the arrest of Úsuga to the capture of Pablo Escobar. He has long been a fixture on the US Drug Enforcement Administration's most wanted fugitives list, with a $US5 million reward ongoing for his capture.Īuthorities said intelligence provided by the US and UK led more than 500 soldiers and members of Colombia's special forces to Úsuga's jungle hideout, which was protected by eight rings of security. Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan, whose army of assassins has terrorised much of northern Colombia to gain control of major cocaine smuggling routes through thick jungles north to Central America and on to the US. One police officer died during the operation, Mr Duque said. "This is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century," Mr Duque said during a broadcast video message. Most of the animals were sent to zoos, but the four hippos were allowed to remain in a pond near Escobar's former ranch as they were too heavy to transport. President Iván Duque likened the arrest of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar. When drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police in 1993, he left behind not only a cocaine empire, but giraffes, zebras, flamingos, and four hippos.