Dairo Usuga, alleged Colombian drug lord, extradited to US
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Dairo Usuga was arrested in 2021 at the United States' request.
An alleged Colombian drug lord believed to control the "largest and most powerful cocaine trafficking and paramilitary organization in Colombia" arrived in New York Thursday to face multiple criminal charges, according to federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.
Dairo Usuga, who is also known as Otoniel, was flown from Colombia to John F. Kennedy Airport overnight and will make his initial appearance later Thursday in Brooklyn federal court where he has been accused of overseeing the production, purchase and transfer of multiton cocaine shipments from Colombia and Mexico into the United States over many years, according to court records.
Usuga was arrested in Colombia in October 2021 at the request of the United States.
"Prior to his capture by the Colombian National Police, the defendant was the principal leader of a transnational criminal organization known as the Clan del Golfo ('CDG'), the largest and most powerful cocaine trafficking and paramilitary organization in Colombia," prosecutors said in a March court filing.