This week, InSight Crime delves into the arrest of Colombia’s most-wanted man, Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias “Otoniel,” who eluded security forces for years, directing the Urabeños drug trafficking organization off the back of a mule in the jungle. We also report the latest developments in the case of paramilitary drug lord “Memo Fantasma,” including new documents that reveal that former top Colombian paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso admitted to knowing Memo.
Other highlights include calls for the scrutiny of US anti-drug partners after two top cops in Colombia and Mexico admitted to leaking information to traffickers. Luxury yachts are being used to smuggle cocaine to Europe, and police on both sides of the US-Mexico border are increasingly discovering pills laced with the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.
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