documenting this big moment. translation: known as 0toniel, has been captured. this is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century. this is only comparable to the fall of pablo escobar in the 1990s. 0toniel was captured in a rural hideout in the north west of the country. close to the border with panama. it was an operation involving 500 soldiers, 22 helicopters, and one policeman was killed. translation: we were clear- he was moving with security teams separated by one to 3km each. we began an important satellite work against him with agencies from the united states and the united kingdom where with each movements with trace analysts, with communications, more than 50 experts in signal intelligence permanently covering
this is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century. this blow is only comparable to the fall of pablo escobar in the 1990s. 0toniel was captured in a rural hideout in the north west of the country. close to the border with panama. it was an operation involving 500 soldiers, 22 helicopters, and one policeman was killed. translation: we were clear he was moving with security | teams separated by one to 3km each. we began an important satellite work against him with agencies from the united states and the united kingdom where with each movements with trace analysts, with communications, more than 50 experts in signal intelligence permanently covering that area with an exact coverage that allowed us to indicate were his movements were, to get him from his hiding place. 0toniel faces cocaine trafficking charges as well as the recruitment of children.