‘Drug lord’ Dairo Antonio Úsuga David extradited to the US for NYC trialBy Snejana Farberov
May 5, 2022
Accused Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, dubbed “the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world,” was extradited to the US Wednesday and will appear in Brooklyn federal court later Thursday, prosecutors said.
Úsuga David, 50, also known as Otoniel, is the suspected leader of Colombia’s feared Clan del Golfo drug cartel. He faces cocaine trafficking and weapons charges in the US, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn.
Úsuga David had been on the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s most-wanted list and had a $5 million bounty on his head,
After spending more than a decade on the run, Úsuga David was captured by 500 Colombian soldiers last October in what is believed by some to be the biggest blow to drug trafficking in Columbia since the killing of infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in 1993.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/05/05/dairo-antonio-usuga-david-extradited-from-colombia-for-nyc-trial/
