Colombia captures Clan del Golfo leader 'Otoniel', Oct. 2021

A man in a black T-shirt and face mask stands at a table while a forensic officer in a lab coat takes his fingerprints, beside a masked, helmeted officer holding a rifle, with Colombian flags behind. — MinDefensa Colombia (YouTube, CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

Frame from a video published Oct. 28, 2021 by Colombia's Ministry of Defence (MinDefensa Colombia) on YouTube under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, mirrored on Wikimedia Commons. It shows Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, alias 'Otoniel', then top leader of the Clan del Golfo, standing beside a forensic officer taking his fingerprints, with a masked, armed police commando beside him. Colombia's government said he was captured on Oct. 23, 2021 in Operation Osiris, a joint police and military operation in rural Necoclí, Antioquia. Archive item tied to the Clan del Golfo record and to the Oct. 17, 2026 capture of a Clan del Golfo commander in Carepa, Antioquia, announced by Colombia's military.

What: Colombia captures Clan del Golfo leader 'Otoniel', Oct. 2021
Where: Necoclí, Antioquia, Colombia (capture area)
When: Oct 23, 2021
Who: Ministry of Defence of Colombia (MinDefensa)
Status: Official release
Warning: Content warning: None. A detained man being fingerprinted beside an armed officer; no injuries shown. Graphic level: none.

Sources

Ministry of Defence of Colombia (MinDefensa) · Captura de alias 'Otoniel' cabecilla del Clan del Golfo | 28 de octubre 2021 (MinDefensa Colombia)

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Record details

Captured 23 October 2021. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: Ministry of Defence of Colombia (MinDefensa). Location: Necoclí, Antioquia, Colombia (capture area).

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Archive · 23 October 2021