The Albanian, Klodian Zaimi, is arrested in Colombia/ How the member of the cocaine gang was imprisoned

2023-11-14 16:33:00, Aktualitet CNA

The Albanian, Klodian Zaimi, is arrested in Colombia/ How the member of the

Photo of some of the arrested

The Albanian, Klodian Zaimi, alias "El Gringo", who is accused of being part of a criminal organization dedicated to transporting large quantities of narcotics from the ports of the city of Cartagena, to Central America and the United States using speedboats has fell into the hands of the police.

His main function was to receive money from the sale of cocaine in the United States and occasionally in Europe, to clean it and send it to the criminal organization in Colombia.

Zaimi is one of the 9 arrested people who are expected to be extradited to the US for crimes related to drug trafficking.

The operation was conducted by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and INTERPOL (DIJIN) in a joint effort with the Drug Enforcement Administration Agency (DEA) of the United States and the Office of the Attorney General.

Among those arrested is Heriberto Cardozo Cortes alias Coronel, who according to authorities was part of a criminal organization dedicated to cocaine trafficking. He is accused of allegedly carrying out all the coordination at the loading ports of Santa Marta and Cartagena so that the drugs could enter without a problem and then be sent in different containers of frozen fruit.

Fabián Alberto Agredo Hoyos alias Licensed and Álvaro José Becerra López alias Corbata were also captured in this operation, which took place simultaneously in Cali and Bogota. The three people are wanted for extradition from the Southern District Court of Florida.

This is Fredy Rodney Acosta Espinoza alias El Señor, the leader of a criminal structure dedicated to the production of cocaine in clandestine laboratories strategically located in the departments of Nariño, Cauca and Putumayo, bordering Ecuador. José Luis Rosero Ibarra, alias El Animal, Ismaelino Muñoz Quistial, alias El Viejo, and Edein Alberto Coral López, alias Chicarra, were also captured in this operation. All have been requested for extradition by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas./ CNA