Mr Ayala is wanted by the US Drugs Enforcement Administration for alleged drug trafficking
BBC
Police in Colombia have arrested a man they say is the main link between a Colombian drug gang and one of the most powerful Mexican drug cartels.
Julio Enrique Ayala Munoz, also known as The Condor, was arrested outside his home in the south-western city of Cali.
Police accuse Mr Ayala of shipping tonnes of cocaine for the Colombian Comba drug gang to Mexico.
From there, police say, the Mexican Sinaloa cartel would distribute it to the United States.
Gen. Carlos Ramiro Mena of the Colombian judicial police said The Condor's capture was a significant blow to international drug trafficking networks.
"This man was in charge of procuring aeroplanes with which to ship large quantities of cocaine," he told reporters.
'Criminal ties'
He said Mr Ayala had two paymasters, the Colombian brothers known as the Comba, and the leader of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.
Gen. Ramiro Mena said Mr Ayala had worked his way up through the ranks of drug dealers, eventually becoming an influential player in the cross-border trade.
He is accused of being responsible for a 6.4-tonne shipment of cocaine intercepted by Colombian police last month in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura.
Analysts say Colombian drug gangs have increasingly forged ties with Mexican cartels, who have largely taken over the distribution of drugs in the United States from the Colombian gangs.
Gen. Ramiro Mena said Mr Ayala had managed to escape from a police operation aimed at catching him in 2009 and had been living under a false identity since then.
Colombian police and agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration tracked him down to his home in Cali where he was arrested on Wednesday evening with the help of Interpol.
Police say he owns a number of planes in Colombia, as well as a hacienda, a yacht and an array of luxury cars in Mexico.
TAKE HIM TO GEORGE BUSH OR DICK CHENEY AND LET THEM GET THE LOCATION OF JOAQUIN "THE MIDGET, DWARF QUEER-EL CHAPO" GUZMAN.
ReplyDeleteREMEMBER HOW THEY WITH THIER "SECIAL ENHANCED TECHNIQUES" THEY DISARMED SADDAM HUSSAIN OF ALL OF THOSE "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION".
WELL, MAYBE NOT BUT THOSE TWO DUDES HAD A LOT OF FUN TORTURERING PEOPLE, I MEAN USING "ENHANCED TECHNIQUES"
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
DFL
Yes, Get the information and then cut him up and send the parts to Mexico drug lords.
ReplyDeleteHey DFL, do yourself a favor and lay off the caps lock, it doesn't make you sound smarter or louder or make your point any clearer.
ReplyDeletela arrollaroda banda el limon - El Condor...same one?
ReplyDeletethose fancy cars, planes and $$$$ not going to help you in hell!!!
ReplyDeleteNice Way of Life,More Money than Most in this World,and looking over your shoulder the whole time,on the run like a RAT in the maze.
ReplyDeletehow strong is the Z in Colombia?
ReplyDeleteSo who makes up this so-called 'Comba Gang' from Colombia this article mentions and says that is supposedly involved in Mexico now?
ReplyDeletehttp://insightcrime.org/personalities/colombia/comba/item/74-comba-rastrojos
Why it's former Colombian death squad killers organized by the Colombian military organized by the US military paid for by US taxpayers money! Anybody really surprised here?
Ernest1
LOL haha i agree with what that guy said cut off his parts and send it to the drug lords!!
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