Colombia’s Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured in Jungle Raid

Colombia’s Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured in Jungle Raid
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias “Otoniel,” leader of the violent Clan del Golfo cartel, is presented to the media at a military base in Necocli, Colombia, on Oct. 23, 2021. Colombian presidential press office via AP
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BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian security forces have captured the country’s most wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right.

President Iván Duque likened the arrest Saturday of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.