In the township Tierra Nueva, municipality of Puebloviejo in the department of Magdalena, they were 4 alleged members of the organized armed group ‘Clan del Golfo’ were captured, including the financial leader of the Front David Meza Peña.
The arrests were made by troops of the Second Brigade with their Magdalena Military Gaula group, in coordination with the Criminal Investigation Section (Sijín) and Police Intelligence Section (Sipol), of the Magdalena Police, in the midst of search and search procedures. to three properties in the aforementioned town.
According to the authorities’ report, those captured must face charges for the crime of manufacturing, trafficking, carrying a firearm, accessories or ammunition.
Those arrested are alias ‘Lily‘, alleged financial leader of the David Meza Peña Front, in the Banana Zone, in charge of collecting and dynamizing the money resulting from extortion payments and local drug trafficking to small businesses, palm trees and banana growers in the sector.
Alias’Keel‘extortion coordinator of the David Meza Peña Front, in the Banana Zone, in charge of constraining the civilian population and extorting economic unions in the sector.
Alias’38‘, criminal observation point of the organized armed group ‘Gulf Clancarrying out criminal monitoring of the Public Force and locating members of the organized criminal group ‘Los Pachencas’, for the commission of selective homicides.
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Finally, alias ‘Little stick‘, hitman of the armed group organized in the Banana Zone, in charge of carrying out selective homicides and constraining the civilian population.
The official report indicates that in the operation an important war material was seized, including a Galil AR 5.56 millimeter rifle, 3 M16 5.56 millimeter rifles, a 38 caliber revolver, 935 5.56 millimeter caliber cartridges, 12 cartridges 38 millimeter caliber ammunition, 4 Galil metal suppliers, 11 M16 metal suppliers, one M16 plastic supplier, 5 carrier vests, 5 Boafeng communication radios, 3 radio battery chargers, 8 packages of marijuana, 3 wrappers of coca base paste and 2 agendas with information of Interest.
