In the framework of the police collaboration between the National Police, the DIJIN, DIPOL and the Specialized Directorate against Drug Trafficking of the General Prosecutor's Office of Colombia
Arrested 11 fugitives claimed by judicial authorities of Spain and Colombia
§ These arrests bring to 68 the arrests that have been made since 2017 in joint operations between the Spanish and Colombian authorities to respond to the large number of those claimed by the Justice, exchanging lists of fugitives between the two countries through the INTERPOL channels
§ Those arrested in this last operation had arrest warrants in force for drug trafficking, conspiracy, robbery with force, sexual abuse or sexual assault at a minor § Today, July 2, 2019 at 9:00 am – local time of Colombia – a press conference was held at the General Directorate of the Colombian Police in Bogotá, which was attended by the deputy operating director of the National Police, José Ángel González Jiménez; the general director of the Colombian Police, General Óscar Atehortua Duque; and the general commissioner of Judicial Police, Eloy Quirós
02-July-2018.- National Police Agents, in a joint operation with the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and INTERPOL (DIJIN), the Directorate of Police Intelligence (DIPOL) of the National Police of Colombia and the Specialized Directorate Against Drug Trafficking of the Attorney General of the Colombian Nation They have arrested 11 fugitives claimed by the judicial authorities of Spain and Colombia. The arrests have taken place in a coordinated manner in Colombia and Spain.
The close permanent collaboration between the National Police of Spain and Colombia, through their respective National Central Bureaus of Interpol based in Madrid and Bogota, exchanging lists of fugitives from justice, has allowed to carry out this operation that has resulted in the arrest of 11 fugitives involved in organized and serious criminal activities.
The fugitives had arrest warrants for drug trafficking, conspiracy, robbery with force, sexual abuse or sexual assault on minors.
68 arrested thanks to international police cooperation
The successive collaborative operations between police forces that have taken place since 2017 have allowed the arrest of prominent fugitives, such as the head of an international drug trafficking organization based in Spain accused of transporting more than a tonne of cocaine to our country. cocaine in December 2009. As well as the arrest of the chief assassin of the "Cordillera Office", wanted for his alleged involvement in large-scale drug trafficking operations and in the execution of killings for account adjustments. And it has also made possible, among others, the arrest of one of the heads of "Los Chuchos", a transnational criminal organization dedicated to commercialize narcotics in Colombia, Spain, the United States and Ecuador. In total, the number of arrests made in Spain and Colombia, in the framework of these operations against fugitives from both countries, amounts to 68 people.