The photos of ‘Castor’ in moments when he was extorting



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In flannel –revealing his chest tattoo-, sporting a beard and showing a good physical appearance are the most recent data that are known of the current appearance of Jorge Eliécer Díaz Collazos, alias Castor, head of the criminal gang Los Costeños, who is detained in Caracas since mid-2019.

A series of photographs known exclusively by EL HERALDO show that ‘Castor’ has in his cell, at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) in Caracas, at least one cell phone with which he performs, according to sources from intelligence, extortions to merchants throughout the metropolitan area of ​​Barranquilla and with which he also communicates with his bishops in this Colombian region.

The images were taken a month ago and, according to investigators, at the exact moment in which Díaz Collazos “demanded $ 50 million from a merchant through a video call.” The photos are the product of a screenshot and in which you can appreciate the window in which the other person is connected.

The judicial sources do not rule out that Castor “is sending people from Venezuela to commit crimes in Colombia. Worthy José Palomino is also part of this criminal scaffolding that we achieved affect in five months of investigations ”.

Sebin sources told this media that Castor “is still being held in the same cell from which he has been deprived of liberty for two years.”

The information handled by the authorities is the product of several months of research and in which the Prosecutor’s Office was able to confirm the hypothesis that the 17 people who were captured last Friday “are members of the GDO Los Costeños under the direct command of alias Castor.

These people, according to the Police, were those who participated in the launching of an explosive device in the sector of the Carrera 40 with 44 from the Centro neighborhood in mid-January.



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