Dairo Antonio Úsuga

Common card · No. 359751

Dairo Antonio Úsuga David (born September 15, 1971), also known as Otoniel, is a Colombian convicted drug lord and former top leader of the drug trafficking group Clan del Golfo (also known as Los Urabeños or "Gulf Clan"). Úsuaga is also an ex-paramilitary, having been a member of the Popular Liberation Army (EPL) and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). After being pursued by Colombian authorities for a decade, he was captured in October 2021 in an operation requiring the mobilization of more than 500 special forces personnel, 150 intelligence units, 50 satellite intelligence experts, 22 helicopters, and the intervention of intelligence agencies from the United States and the United Kingdom. He was extradited to the United States in May 2022. At the time of his capture, 132 warrants for his arrest had been issued. He was also responsible for the deaths of more than 200 members of the Colombian Public Force. Then-president Iván Duque stated that Úsuga’s capture “is only comparable...

Read on Wikipedia · Image US Government work, Public domain