Former Navy worker captured for drug trafficking

The Colombian citizen Jair Alberto Á remained at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office. V., a former National Navy worker who would have facilitated the departure of tons of cocaine hydrochloride through the Urabá region towards the United States and Central American countries.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, this man was captured for extradition purposes by CTI investigators, with support from the National Navy, in Turbo (Antioquia).

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After the request made by a Court of the Middle District of the state of Florida (United States), which requests him to answer for the charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and trafficking in illicit drugs.

Jair Alberto served until the end of 2022, as a civil electromechanical technician at the Urabá Coast Guard Station.

He would be an informant for drug trafficking organizations at the service of the ‘Clan del Golfo’

Apparently, in the exercise of that position and subsequently, “he dedicated himself to profiling and contacting officials of the National Navy so that they could locate electronic devices on the vessels,” the investigative entity announced.

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Presumably the man knew in detail the location of the units on the high seas and their operational intentions. “This information was allegedly delivered to the leaders of the drug trafficking networks at the service of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, who chose the exact moment to schedule the shipment of the boats loaded with cocaine.”

In the next few hours, the Prosecutor’s Office, through the Directorate of International Affairs, will announce the capture so that the diplomatic and legal procedures of the extradition process can begin.