Two drug traffickers requested for extradition by the US and Peru are captured in Colombia

The authorities of Colombia They arrested José Orlando Buitrago Rodríguez, pseudonym ‘Tito El Borracho’and Maurício Hernando Pinilla Figueroa, alias ‘Mauro’two alleged members of transnational drug trafficking structures requested extradition for U.S It is Peru.

Both drug traffickers are responsible for leaving tons of cocaine hydrochloride to international destinations, the Colombian Public Ministry said in a statement this Sunday.

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‘Titus the Drunkard‘was captured in the municipality of Villetain the department of Cundinamarcain an action that had the support of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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The justice of U.S requests extradition to face charges related to conspiracy to drug trafficking.

According to the courts of that country, he was the leader of an organization accused of producing cocaine In the region of Catatumbo (North of Santander), move it towards Venezuela and send it by sea to the countries of Caribbean it’s from Central America, Mexico and the United States.

The ‘Tito El Borracho’ structure would be involved in the transport of large shipments of drugs and would have at its disposal a network to launder the goods resulting from the drug trafficking through electronic transfers made from Asia.

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For your part,’Mauro‘was arrested in Rio Pretoin the department of Antiochand is part of a drug trafficking group that is credited with transporting cocaine from Colombia to Peruvian territory to later transfer it to European countries.

In a previous procedure performed in Callaoin Peruanother 21 possible members were captured, including Colombian, Venezuelan and Peruvian citizens, the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office said.

Source: Elcomercio

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