Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker nabbed

Xinhua News Agency

BOGOTA – The Colombian government said on Saturday (Oct. 23) that Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker “Otoniel” has been captured.

According to the authorities, Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the country’s largest drug-trafficking gang known as the Gulf Clan, was captured in a rural area of the Department of Antioquia near the border with Panama.

After becoming the leader of the Gulf Clan, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Colombia, Otoniel was considered one of the most wanted targets of Colombian authorities. (Xinhua) – bny

Popular

Sharp decline in June 2025 food inflation, proof that gov’t interventions work — DEPDev

By Brian Campued The Marcos administration’s whole-of-government approach to “boost local production, improve logistics, and implement calibrated trade and biosecurity measures” have helped tame food...

TD Bising intensifies; Wind Signal No. 1 up in extreme Northern Luzon

By Brian Campued Tropical Depression Bising slightly intensified over the sea west of extreme Northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said Friday. In its 11:00 a.m....

WALANG PASOK: Class suspensions for July 4 due to heavy rains

Classes in the following areas have been suspended on Friday, July 4, due to the impact of the southwest monsoon (habagat) and the...

PBBM to study DILG Sec. Remulla’s request to declare class suspensions

By Brian Campued Malacañang on Thursday assured Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Jonvic Remulla that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will...