In the last few hours, soldiers from the Eleventh Brigade of the National Army, in coordination with the Criminal and Judicial Investigation Section of the National Police, captured a man and a woman who were allegedly part of the organized armed group Clan del Golfo.
Among those captured is alias “El Blanco”, who apparently served as the financial leader of the Zuley Guerra Castro substructure of this illegal organization.
The operations were carried out simultaneously through search and seizure procedures at two points in the department, where the authorities enforced the court orders that existed against these alleged members of the armed group. The capture of alias “El Blanco” occurred in a rural area of the municipality of Los Córdobas, while that of the woman was recorded in the city of Montería.
According to intelligence information, alias “El Blanco” is a demobilized member of the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU) and would have a 10-year criminal history in the organization, being responsible for terrorist actions against the Public Force and the civilian population of the Córdoba region.
According to what could be established, the subject in question had ordered the attack on an Army patrol in September 2017 in the Mata de Plátano village, in the municipality of Canalete, Córdoba, in which two professional soldiers were seriously injured.
Likewise, it would apparently be linked to the attack against a National Police patrol in 2018 in another rural sector of the same municipality, which claimed the lives of two members of this institution.
Alias “El Blanco” is also accused of ordering and controlling criminal actions around the armed strike registered in July 2022, as retaliation for the extradition of alias Otoniel, former top leader of the Gulf Clan.
Currently, he would serve as a financial leader, in charge of collecting extortions from merchants and ranchers, and with his capture the organization suffers a setback in compliance with its policies for the expansion of drug trafficking and other illicit economies.
From these subjects, 2 short firearms, more than 50 cartridges of different calibers, suppliers, more than 33 million pesos in cash, 3 agendas with accounting information and a cell phone were seized.
The two captured were immediately placed at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office, with the aim of continuing with the investigations and complying with the corresponding judicial processes.
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