On video: police killed a hitman from the Gulf Clan in Segovia, Antioquia

The Antioquia Police reported that on the afternoon of Friday, February 12, two members of the institution discharged an alleged criminal and captured another after being attacked with a firearm in the municipality of Segovia, in northwestern Colombia. .

According to the authorities, these events were committed by two Venezuelan citizens who were traveling on a motorcycle through the ‘La Electrificadora’ sector, who surprisingly attacked the two uniformed men who were doing controls in the area.

“Based on the reaction of our police officers who were on duty, an executive command and a patrolman, both bravely, bravely and decisively faced the attack, causing injuries to both citizens that ultimately caused the death of one of them. “, assured the Antioquia Police Commander, Jorge Miguel Cabra to the local media Informativo Antioquia.

The other presumed captured was transferred to a health center in Medellín where he is recovering from surgery resulting from the injury he received in the altercation.

One of the uniformed men who were in this sector on a preventive basis with the intention of controlling coexistence and citizen security resulted in a superficial wound to a rib on the left side.

For their part, the authorities indicated that the structures of the Gulf Clan that operate in this region They would be recruiting Venezuelan citizens to attack members of the Public Force.

“The power of recruitment and co-optation of people that this criminal structure has is important, especially those who seek people with low economic resources for these purposes”Colonel Jorge Cabrera told the media.

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In turn, the authorities indicated that this attack may be the rIt is the result of the dismissal of an important leader of this organization alias ‘Marihuano’ that took place last week.

Down with alias ‘Marihuano’: the most accurate blow against the ‘Clan del Golfo’, according to the Colombian government

This Sunday, February 7, President Iván Duque announced that during an operation of the anti-narcotics Police, the Directorate of Police Intelligence (DIPOL) and the Dijín he was discharged Nelson Darío Hurtado Simanca, alias Marihuano, second man in the criminal structure of the Clan del Golfo.

He was one of the most dangerous criminals in Colombia, responsible for hundreds of cases of sexual exploitation, drug trafficking and murders of young people and social leaders.

According sources of Military IntelligenceThe jungle commandos of the National Police and soldiers of the 17th Brigade arrived in the Buenavista village, in the municipality of Riosucio, Chocó, after having received the coordinates of the area where Marihuano was located, who died from the accurate shot of a sniper, this Sunday around noon.

Likewise, President Duque mentioned that it is one of the most forceful blows against the structures of the Clan del Golfo. Hurtado, had been in the crime for 26 years. He had been captured in 2008, but subsequently, after spending two years in prison, he evaded justice.

“This is a forceful operation since it is a criminal with more than 26 years of experience in crime who also had a blue interpol circular”said the president.

It should be remembered that the 49-year-old man belonged to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in 2006, where he was also the second in command in the so-called Centauros Block, which operated in the department of Meta.

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