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Colombian law enforcement has made a major dent in the drug problem. They busted a cartel that allegedly trafficked five tons of cocaine a month.
Raw story is reference that Bogotá local police have worked with Ecuadorian officials on a large bust of the Los Curva criminal organization. The ring is estimated to generate profits of around $2 billion a year through an international network that distributes the illegal substance to various parts of the world, including Europe. Lawmen also allege that Los Curva worked with the Sinaloa cartel, formerly run by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in Mexico.
On Saturday (January 6) the two leaders were arrested. Brothers Hader and Dairon Cuero were arrested on various drug trafficking charges. Hunter is also wanted by the United States. “This operation stops the shipment of five tons of cocaine a month,” said General Nicolas Zapata, deputy director of Colombia's National Police.
According Reuters, William Villarroel, Ecuador's national director of anti-narcotics investigations, explained that their business transported the cocaine via speedboats and other sea vessels that operated sea routes to Mexico. “This network dedicated to international drug trafficking operated strategically by sea, coordinating Colombian and Ecuadorian citizens off the coast of Ecuador” official statement from the Ministry of the Interior of Ecuador (according to Google Translate).
The bust comes just days after nine tons of cocaine were seized in Bolivia.
