{"id":442388,"date":"2022-05-05T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dairo-antonio-usuga-david-extradited-from-colombia-for-nyc-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:55:00","slug":"dairo-antonio-usuga-david-extradited-from-colombia-for-nyc-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dairo-antonio-usuga-david-extradited-from-colombia-for-nyc-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dairo Antonio \u00dasuga David extradited from Colombia for NYC trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34fd5b48733\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34fd5b48733\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dairo-antonio-usuga-david-extradited-from-colombia-for-nyc-trial\/#%E2%80%9CDairo_Antonio_Usuga_David_extradited_from_Colombia_for_NYC_trial%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Dairo Antonio \u00dasuga David extradited from Colombia for NYC trial&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDairo_Antonio_Usuga_David_extradited_from_Colombia_for_NYC_trial%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Dairo Antonio \u00dasuga David extradited from Colombia for NYC trial&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Accused Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio \u00dasuga David, dubbed \u201cthe most dangerous drug trafficker in the world,\u201d was extradited to the US Wednesday and will <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear in Brooklyn federal court later Thursday, prosecutors said. <\/p>\n<p>\u00dasuga David, 50, also known as Otoniel, is the suspected leader of Colombia\u2019s feared Clan del Golfo drug cartel. He faces cocaine trafficking and weapons charges in the US, according to the US Attorney\u2019s Office in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n<p>\u00dasuga David had been on the US Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s most-wanted list and had a $5 million bounty on his head, <\/p>\n<p>After spending more than a decade on the run, \u00dasuga David was captured by 500 Colombian soldiers last October in what is believed by some to be the biggest blow to drug trafficking in Columbia since the killing of infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in 1993. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Colombian drug trafficker Dairo Antonio Usuga David\" class=\"wp-image-22151401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Alleged drug trafficker Dairo Antonio \u00dasuga David is escorted by police officers after Colombia extradites him to the United States on May 4, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Colombia Policia Nacional (PONAL)\/Handout via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colombian authorities have said \u00dasuga David trafficked between 180 and 200 tons of cocaine a year with the Clan del Golfo and was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of members of the South American country\u2019s security forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u00dasuga David faces three criminal charges in the United States including conspiring to manufacture and distribute cocaine. <\/p>\n<p>He is expected to be read the charges at an arraignment in federal court in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Colombian drug lord and head of the Gulf Clan, Dairo Antonio Usuga -aka 'Otoniel', boards a plane to be extradited to the US, in Bogota on May 4, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22151419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u00dasuga David \u2014 one of Colombia\u2019s alleged most notorious drug lords \u2014 was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Colombian Presidency\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Daniel Rendon Herrera, an \u00dasuga David associate known as Don Mario, pleaded guilty in a federal court last November to charges of shipping cocaine to US territory and buying weapons for paramilitary figures he commanded. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Colombian President Ivan Duque on Wednesday said \u00dasuga David\u2019s extradition \u201cshows nobody is above the Colombian state.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Duque went on to say of \u00dasuga David that \u201che is not only the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world, but he is murderer of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> leaders, abuser of boys, girls and adolescents, a murderer of policemen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dairo Antonio Usuga (C), alias 'Otoniel' during his extradition to the United States, from Bogota, Colombia, 04 May 2022\" class=\"wp-image-22151463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Colombian President Ivan Duque signed \u00dasuga David\u2019s extradition to the United States on April 8, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/Colombian Presidency \/ HANDOUT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former rural warlord had stayed one step ahead of Colombia\u2019s military for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right. He was transferred Wednesday in handcuffs and wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest from a prison in Bogot\u00e1 to a heavily guarded military transport air field en route to the US.<\/p>\n<p>He was first indicted in 2009, in Manhattan federal court, on narcotics charges and for allegedly providing assistance to a far-right paramilitary group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. <\/p>\n<p>Later indictments in Brooklyn and Miami federal courts accused him of importing into the U.S. at least 73 metric tons of cocaine between 2003 and 2014 through countries including Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Honduras.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Colombian drug lord and head of the Gulf Clan, Dairo Antonio Usuga -aka 'Otoniel', is escorted by Ciolombian police as he walks towards a plane to be extradited to the US, in Bogota on May 4, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22151473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dairo Antonio \u00dasuga David is the suspected leader of Colombia\u2019s feared Clan del Golfo drug cartel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Colombian Presidency\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00dasuga David\u2019s also cycled through the ranks of several guerrilla groups, most recently claiming to lead the Gaitanist Self Defense Forces of Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Duque said that from the United States, \u00dasuga would continue collaborating with the Colombian authorities in the investigations against him and once he completes his sentences for drug trafficking, he will return to \u201cColombia to pay for the crimes he committed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Clan del Golfo\u2019s army of assassins terrorized much of northern Colombia to gain control of major cocaine smuggling routes through thick jungles north to Central America and onto the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Colombian drug trafficker Dairo Antonio Usuga David, also known as &quot;Otoniel&quot;, gets escorted by police officers after Colombia extradites him to the United States, in Bogota, Colombia May 4, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22151483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/colombia-extradites-drug-lord-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dairo Antonio \u00dasuga David cycled through the ranks of several guerrilla groups.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Colombia Policia Nacional (PONAL)\/Handout via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As he defied authorities for years, his legend as a bandit grew alongside the horror stories told by Colombian authorities of the many underage women he and his cohorts allegedly abused sexually.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post Wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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