The Colombian Military Forces They reported this Thursday, May 9, that, after military operations in the crashed, the capture of alias Firulaisone of the leaders of the Clan del Golfo in the department.
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According to the Army, this subject has a criminal history of more than 11 years committing crimes in the communities of Bahía Solano, Nuquí and Bajo Baudó. He was in charge of controlling drug trafficking routes on the Pacific coast of Chocó.
In the operation, which is part of the Ayacucho Joint Strategic Campaign Plan – Time 2 another member of the criminal structure died. In addition, a pistol, ammunition of different calibers, and communication equipment were seized. The detainee and the deceased were part of the Jairo de Jesús Durango Restrepo structure.
“The incident occurred in the Playa Potes sector of the municipality of Bahía Solano, where troops from the Joint Task Force Titan, In coordination with the Police, they located the place where this individual, along with two other subjects, were trying to hide from the operational offensive deployed by the authorities against that organized armed group,” the Army explained.
According to the first information, alias Firulais served as the third leader of the aforementioned bloc and was a trusted man of alias El Cura. It was determined that Firulais was the financial ringleader and also responsible for the harassment of the Puerto Meluk Police, Chocó, on May 7, 2022; of the forced displacement of more than 300 people in the Peña Azul community, confining the communities to the head of the municipality of Alto Baudó.
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