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The brothers Álvaro Uriel and Robin Alirio Castro Gómez were captured in the middle of an operation carried out by the Attorney General’s Office and the Judicial Police, Dijín, with the aim of being extradited to the United States.
The operation had the support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, which had been following in their footsteps since 2017. The brothers They are required by the Court of the Middle State of Florida for the crimes of drug trafficking and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Álvaro Uriel, 39, and Robin Alirio, 34, are considered by the authorities as ‘invisible narcos’, who maintained a close partnership for the shipment of cocaine with the Mexican cartel ‘Jalisco Nueva Generación’.
In 2007, he was captured in international waters – in an operation carried out by the FBI and the US Coast Guard – Robin, known by the alias of Gordo, transporting 1,675 kilos of cocaine in a speedboat.
‘Gordo’, paid 10 years in prison in the United States, and upon his return to Colombia, according to Dijín, he continued to commit a crime.
“At that time, his brother Álvaro, known as ‘Machete’, had already consolidated a criminal emporium in Nariño. They were building semi-submersibles for the shipment of cocaine to Mexico, and from there, to the United States,” the investigator of the He said he was in charge of the case.
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By that time his brother Álvaro, known as ‘Machete’, had already established a criminal emporium in Nariño. They built semi-submersibles for the shipment of cocaine
Investigators established that the brothers led lives of luxuries and eccentricities. Luxurious houses and estates, high-end trucks, fine jewelry and watches were part of their properties. They were regular visitors – on weekends – to Lake Calima where they held large parties with family and friends.
‘Machete’, head of the organization, lived in an exclusive complex in Ciudad Jardín, south of Cali. From there, he coordinated shipments of cocaine, between 2 and 7 tons per month.
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Meanwhile ‘Gordo’, he went to live in San Juan de la Costa, a village located two hours from Tumaco, in Nariño.
“In San Juan de la Costa the brothers had their own shipyard to manufacture the semi-submersibles that they shipped loaded with cocaine“, said the researcher, who highlighted ‘Gordo’ had had a sumptuous house built on the site.
The Castro brothers were unaware that they were under the radar of the FBI and the Colombian authorities, and sealed their fate with the reopening of a nightclub in San Juan de la Costa.
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Rumba Mexicans
“With the FBI agents we proceeded to use special techniques, undercover agents, surveillance and other types of technical aids that allowed us to establish that on the night of the reopening of Disco Club Salsa, the Castro brothers met with several Mexican emissaries who traveled to the party“, assured the investigator of the Dijín.
“Attentive to serve the youth of Mexico, whatever they ask. The best for them,” is heard in one of their conversations.
The reopening of the disco was held on October 31, it was publicized on social networks, and several salsa singers who traveled from Cali performed.
Parallel to this, the investigators established that the brothers ended up fighting days later, since ‘Gordo’ confirmed that ‘Machete’ was making cocaine shipments without counting on him.
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Similarly, a week before his capture – on December 1 – A go fast boat loaded with 2,000 kilos sank, leaving them in trouble with their Mexican partners.
The Castro Gómez family were transferred to Bogotá, to the La Picota prison, where they hope that their extradition to the United States will be approved.
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