The Tentacles of the Italian Mafia in Colombia: Cocaine at Lower Cost and Businesses with the Gulf Clan

The presence of the Italian mafia in Colombia no longer goes unnoticed. The capture of several leaders of groups such as the Camorra or the ‘Ndragheta in recent months has shown a wide activity and a great interest on the part of these criminal structures in the South American country, the largest cocaine producer in the world. Faced with the high international demand for drugs, mafias seek a more direct business, without intermediaries, to redu…

In a joint operation between the DEA and the National Police, the authorities released José Miguel Demoya Hernández, alias “Chirimoya”, the fifth leader of the Gulf Clan and a key figure in his command structure. President Gustavo Petro confirmed the information, noting that the downfall appeared as “fifth in the line of command” of this criminal organization. It was unofficially known that the overthrow of alias Chirimoya occurred in the jurisd…

In a joint, interagency operation, troops from the National Army, the Colombian Aerospace Force, and the Attorney General's Office located an illegal warehouse in a rural area of Orocué, Casanare, that was hiding more than 530 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride. The underground stash, designed to evade the capabilities of anti-narcotics canines and the […] The post National Army dismantles underground stash of the Gulf Clan in Casanare first appeare…