Colombia's big drug lord is about to be extradited to the United States, which has offered a reward of $5 million for arrest

Jimu News trainee reporter Hu Li

According to the BBC news on October 25, The Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga, who was arrested on Saturday (23rd) local time, will be extradited to the United States for trial as soon as possible. It is reported that three US courts have submitted extradition applications.

Source: Al Jazeera

On Saturday, at the border near Panama, the Colombian government finally captured Ursuga after using 22 helicopters and 500 soldiers, and a police officer was killed in the arrest. Born in the 1970s in the northwestern Colombian province of Antioquia, Ursuga has been active between drug gangs and some revolutionary armed forces. In 2005, Ursuga began working for Colombian drug lord Daniel Rendón Herrera, head of the Colombian United Self-Defense Forces (AUC). Around 2011, Ursuga took over the AUC. Colombian security forces called the AUC the country's most powerful criminal organization, while U.S. authorities described it as "extremely violent."

Ursuga was indicted in the United States in 2009 and has been on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's wanted list for years. Because Ursuga imported at least 73 tons of cocaine into the United States between 2003 and 2014, U.S. officials offered a $5 million (about 31.9 million yuan) reward for Ursuga's capture.

Image source: BBC

Colombian President Ivan Duque said: "This is the biggest success story in our country in the fight against drug trafficking this century. ”

The Colombian government has now taken Usuga to a military base in the capital, Bogotá. Colombian Defense Minister Diego Morano said: "The next step is to comply with the U.S. extradition order and extradite Ursuga to the United States for trial and subject to legal sanctions." "Ursuga will face multiple charges of drug smuggling, extortion, murder and more.

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