Otoniel
Cocaine Comrades: The Balkan Ties of a Fallen Colombian Drug Trafficker
The excitement was understandable. Dairo Antonio Usuga, better known in Colombia as 'Otoniel', was the country's most wanted drug trafficker, a former guerrilla turned leader of El Clan del Golfo, the biggest criminal gang in Colombia.
He was arrested in late October, 500 soldiers and 22 helicopters descending on his rural hideout in northwestern Colombia.