Drug trafficker requested in extradition by the US escapes from Bogotá prison

One of the most powerful drug traffickers of the Clan del Golfo, known by the alias Matamba and required for extradition by the United States, escaped this Friday from a prison in Bogotain a new scandal involving prison authorities.

Juan Larrinson Castro Estupinan, Matambaimprisoned in jail La Picota had been captured in May and was facing prosecution in the state of Florida for money laundering and cocaine and heroin trafficking.

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The capo of the Clan del Golfo, the most powerful drug organization in Colombia led by Dairo Úsuga, alias Otoniel, also imprisoned in Bogotahe escaped with the alleged complicity of the prison guard.

“I already spoke with the attorney general of the nation this morning so that all the arrests that are necessary are made of those who led to that leakage by the detention center guard”, President Iván Duque told the press.

One of the guards has already been captured, added Justice Minister Wilson Ruiz.

Until the moment of his arrest, Matamba was considered the main link of the Mexican Sinaloa New Generation cartel in the Colombian Pacific, on the border with Ecuador.

On Colombia He is also being investigated for association to commit a crime for the purpose of homicide, extortion and illegal possession of weapons.

Colombian National Police stand next to suspected Clan del Golfo drug trafficker, alias Matamba (C), after his capture in Bogotá. (Photo: AFP / COLOMBIA NATIONAL POLICE). (-/)

Estupiñán was part of the communist guerrilla before fighting alongside the far-right paramilitaries, staunch enemies of the rebels. After negotiating with Otoniel, he assumed command of a group of 200 men within the Clan del Golfo, according to authorities.

As a result of his leakagePresident Duque announced “a comprehensive reform of the Colombian penitentiary and prison system” after the corruption scandals involving the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Inpec).

Earlier this month, the government of Colombia dismissed the head of the prisons and the director of the largest prison in the country for the irregular exit permits granted to businessman Carlos Mattos, arrested for allegedly paying bribes in a lawsuit with the South Korean multinational Hyundai.

In videos published by the Caracol newscast, Mattos was seen twice leaving the jail La Picota in an Inpec vehicle. Then walking unguarded and entering a building where his office would be, according to the news outlet.

“The system cannot continue to have these behaviors without exemplary sanctions,” Duque insisted this Friday.

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Source: Elcomercio