trafficking, illegal gold mining to extortion. the golf clan is a heavily armed and dangerous gang and this is the man at the top. otoniel was a very wanted man. columbia had offered a reward of $800,000 for information on his whereabouts. the us had a $5 million bounty on his head too. but despite his notoriety, this is a country where drug lords can sometimes be seen as celebrities. tories couldn t resist documenting this big moment. translation: die documenting this big moment. translation: documenting this big moment. translation: , ., ., ~ translation: die ro antonio bosuku, known as otoniel, translation: die ro antonio bosuku, known as otoniel, has translation: die ro antonio bosuku, known as otoniel, has been translation: die ro antonio bosuku, known as otoniel, has been captured. | known as otoniel, 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 19905. ., ., , ,
will try tojump over that matters sets a higher bar, then it will try to jump over that higher bar and set the standard higher. so it s not a lost cause by any means. you can actually raise the standards these company s, you can make behave more carefully if you apply it and if you apply the pressure in markets they care about. they care about. charles, many thanks. one of colombia s most wanted drug traffickers is facing extradition to the us after being captured in a major international operation. dairo antonio usuga known as otoniel was found hiding in thejungle near the colombia/panama border. hundreds of special forces troops from the us, uk and colombia took part in the mission. katy watson reports. this was a huge feet for the bays authorities. after years of a ten finally got him. the head of a powerful criminal organisation involved in a long list of activities from drug and people
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certainly at a report we just heard said, the government is trying to paint this as the capture equivalent to, the killing of pablo escobar, which was around 30 years ago. and certainly otoniel is certainly the largest drug trafficker in colombia if not south america. but the question is, how much will this impact the cocaine trade because many people think it will not at all. what we have seen in the past is when these cartels are taken down, often there is a period of infighting in the cartel, or there could be fighting with other organisations as they try to take over the land in the businesses that used to belong to attorney. but sooner or later, someone tends to replace these cartels and that has been a problem with this strategy. remember, we re celebrating the 50th year of the war on drugs since richard nixon announced it, and it keeps on being this focus on taking