Coup to the nexus of the Sinaloa Cartel in Colombia with the arrest of “Boliqueso”

The recapture of Eduard Fernando Cardoza Giraldo, kingpin of Colombia's Úsuga Clan, has put the coup at the South American faction's nexus with the criminal business of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Naval sources confirmed to Infobae Mexico that elements of the Mexican Navy Secretariat (Semar) supported the assurance of this subject, nicknamed the Boliqueso, in the Coyoacán mayor's office of the Mexico City this April 19, together with officials from the National Institute of Migration.

Cardoza Giraldo served as a major lieutenant of the organization led by Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, alias Otoniel, chief chief of the so-called Gulf Clan and who was the main partner of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, el Chapo, and Ismael Zambada García, the May.

According to the United States Department of Justice, Boliqueso was considered the leader of drug collection offices and armed paramilitary groups of Clan Úsuga, according to charges filed in 2015 in the Eastern District Court of New York.

Colombian authorities had already highlighted the link between the Sinaloa Cartel and one of the most consolidated criminal organizations in the South American country, following the arrest of Otoniel in October of last year, compared to the level of Pablo Escobar.

With the order completed in the Mexican capital, the director general of the Colombian National Police, Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia, pointed out that the detention of Boliqueso is at the second level of relevance, after assuring the partner of Chapo Guzmán and Mayo Zambada.

In addition, they highlighted the follow-up of the Naval Intelligence Unit of the Semar de Cardoza Giraldo for its luxurious life in the port of Acapulco, Guerrero. All these signs would be essential in achieving their capture.

According to General Vargas Valencia, the international collaboration made it possible to detect high-end cars and sumptuous apartments on the Pacific tourist coast such as in Mexico City, which were related to women from other countries, who were followed up to determine the location of the Colombian kingpin.

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