Colombian drug trafficker arrested Wed.: authorities

Calling the arrest of Erikson Vargas a “death blow” to the crime group, President Juan Manuel Santos said at a news conference that he would be extradited to the United States.

Police said he was taken into custody at a farm near Medellin in an operation in which another member of Vargas' group was killed and several others were also arrested.

He was wanted on charges of conspiracy to murder, drug trafficking and extortion.

Vargas assumed leadership of the Envigado organization after the November 2011 arrest of its previous leader, Maximiliano Bonilla, in Venezuela. Bonilla, known as Valenciano, was extradited to the United States in December 2011.

SHARE CLOSE
Blogger		Google+
Live Journal		Plurk
Stumble Upon

Tweet

	PREVIOUS ARTICLE
	US compensates family of shot Indian fisherman

NEXT ARTICLE
Russian becomes an official language of Ukraine, threatens to split country

Write a Comment

Terms

Enter your comments - 3000 characters max

Type in image code

 Receive China Post promos
 Respond to this email

Submit