In Medellín he was captured Oscar Moreno Ricardo, alias Cachano or el Viejo, who would be one of the most responsible for the exit of cocaine in semi-submersibles along the Colombian Pacific coast.
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The operation for his capture was led by the Prosecutor’s office General of the Nation, with the support of the National Police, the National Army and the US agency DEA.
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Apparently, the operations center of ‘Cachano’, who was also known as the ‘king of semi-submersibles’, was in Acandí (Chocó) and only traveled to other municipalities to specify aspects related to drug trafficking.
A United States District Court for the eastern district of Texas requires alias Cachano to answer for charges related to drug trafficking, and in that sense, after his capture, the procedures for his arrest will begin. extradition.
According to the international request, Moreno Ricardo began his criminal activity in 2005, initially as a speedboat pilot, then he obtained contacts with Mexican cartels and illegal armed groups in Colombia and assumed the logistics and maritime transport of cocaine shipments abroad.
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According to the Prosecutor’s Office, five years ago it was linked to the construction of semi-submersibles and became the main articulator of this activity. In fact, the evidence indicates that in these artisanal means of transport he moved up to five tons of cocaine to Central American countries. Thanks to this activity he was known in the criminal world as the ‘king of semi-submersibles’.
On the other hand, alias Cachano is attributed links with the ‘Gulf clan’, the Eln, drug traffickers such as alias 06 and the Mexican cartel of Jalisco ‘Nueva Generación’.
The Prosecutor’s Office, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will communicate the present capture to the United States Embassy in Colombia, so that it can carry out the legal procedures.
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