Two Russian Citizens Were Captured in Colombia Seeking Extradition in the U.S. for Drug Trafficking: the Network Used Sailboats to Send Tons of Cocaine to North America and Europe
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The drug load was transported from Bogotá and Medellín to the ports of the Caribbean coast, where it was hidden on board before entering the sea.
Two Russian citizens have been detained in Colombia at the request of the United States for alleged involvement in an international cocaine trafficking network. Oleg Khazov was detained at a port in Cartagena, and Vitaly Zhikarev in the El Poblado district of Medellin. The operation was carried out by the Technical Investigation Corps of the Colombian Prosecutor's Office with the support of the country's Navy and the US Drug Enforcement Agency (…
In Cartagena and Medellín, citizens of the Russian Federation, Oleg Khazov and Vitaly Gicarev, report to the Colombian Public Prosecutor ' s Office on social media X.
The Colombian law enforcement authorities detained Russian citizens Oleg Khazov and Vitali Zhikarev on a request from the United States for extradition on charges of drug trafficking, and the Attorney-General ' s Office of Colombia reported that the Colombian law enforcement authorities had detained Russians pursuant to a warrant issued by the Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, handed over RIA "News." According to the investigation…
In the two simultaneous operations Oleg Khazov and Vitali Zhikarev fell, to whom Donald Trump's government had been following the lead since May 2025.
Two Russians have been detained in Colombia on a U.S. request for extradition, and they're supposed to be involved in the drug trade. Read the details of this criminal story.
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