Drug lord who worked with Pablo Escobar arrested for supplying Italian mafia | 76T362Z | 2024-03-11 11:08:01
A drug boss who worked with Pablo Escobar and evaded seize for 15 years was lastly caught when he took his canine to the vets.
Julio Andres Murillo Figueroa, also referred to as the Tsar, was needed over the trafficking of shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Europe.
He's suspected of being one of the main figures in a cartel that provided the Italian mafia, together with the scary Ndrangheta, and Mocro Mafia, which operates from the Netherlands.
The Tsar has been on European regulation enforcement's radar since a cargo of 1,623 kilos of cocaine was found in 2021 off the coast of Huelva in Spain.
Spanish police stated in a press release following Murillo Figueroa's arrest: 'He was recognized by police authorities for having collaborated prior to now with a historical chief of (the Medellin Cartel) between the 80s and 90s.'
Murillo Figueroa labored beneath Escobar in his Medellin Cartel earlier than setting himself up as on of the town's major dealers within the wake of the drug lord's demise in 1993.
He left Europe and returned to his homeland when his middle man was captured in 2022.
His reign led to a much quieter style than his former boss's, with police capable of determine him by his distinctive gait whereas taking his canine to the vets in Cucuta.
Police stated in a press release: 'There were two parts that led to his id, his visits to a medical centre as a result of his own problems with mobility which led him to use a walking stick, and the continuous trips to a vet for his dog.
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'However then H1 disappeared again, earlier than he was seen at another mansion in Antioquia, valued at around £1.5million, the place he was spotted every once in a while taking his dog for a walk by a personal lake.'
Pablo Escobar turned one of many richest males on the planet masterminding a drug-smuggling empire that prolonged from Colombia to a dozen other nations.
He was shot lifeless by Colombian police after being cornered on a rooftop whereas making an attempt to flee.
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