Colombia extradited the alleged head of the feared Gulf Clan to the United States Wednesday where he faces indictments in three federal courts.
Dairo Antonio Úsuga David had been the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker before his capture in October 2021.
Colombian President Iván Duque said he is “comparable only to Pablo Escobar,” referring to the late former head of the Medellin drug cartel.
Duque said Úsuga David was also pursued in Colombia for sexual abuses against minors, the killing of environmental and social activists, as well as for the killing of police officers.
The former rural criminal had stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right.
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