Arkivbild. Kokainbeslag. (Arnulfo Franco / TT / NTB Scanpix)

Fartyg mot Spanien var lastat med 6,1 ton kokain

Colombianska myndigheter har beslagtagit 6,1 ton kokain i hamnstaden Barranquilla. Narkotikan fanns på ett fartyg lastat med metallskrot som var redo för avfärd mot Spanien, uppger regeringen.

Beslaget på fredagskvällen är det tredje största i Colombias historia och har ett gatuvärde på 200 miljoner euro, uppger colombianska tjänstemän för AFP. Det motsvarar drygt 1,9 miljarder kronor.

Försvarsministern Luis Carlos Villegas säger att narkotikan kommer från Gulfkartellen, även kända som Los Urabeños.

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Los Urabeños
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El Clan del Golfo (the gulf's clan), formerly called Los Urabeños or Clan Úsuga, is a Colombian, drug trafficking neo-paramilitary group involved in the Colombian armed conflict. It is considered the most powerful neo-paramilitary group in Colombia with some 3,000 members in the inner circle of the organization. Their main source of income is drug trafficking. In late 2011 Los Urabeños declared war on Los Rastrojos over the control of the drug trade in Medellín. Los Urabeños is one of the organizations that appeared after the demobilization of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. One of the many groups made up of former mid-level paramilitary leaders, the Clan have caused homicide rates to skyrocket in Colombia’s northern departments. The Urabeños, also known as the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, is currently one of the more ambitious and ruthless of Colombia’s drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). The group’s power base is in the Antioquia, Chocó and Córdoba departments, and they also have presence in La Guajira, Cesar, Santander and in major cities including Medellin and Bogotá. The Urabeños bring a military discipline to all their operations, and are well consolidated on the Caribbean coast, contracting local street gangs to act as informants, hit men or drug distributors. By avoiding infighting and paying their recruits well, the group has at times been able to steal territory from the Rastrojos, their most hated rival.

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