This is how the eccentric drug gang ‘Los Rolex’ operated in Colombia, one of the most sought after in the world

The United States authorities had been investigating one of the largest drug gangs in the world for months. However, the United States Immigration and Customs Agency believed that this gang operated from Mexico, however, after the investigation, they discovered that it was in Colombia where its center of operations was located. They called themselves “The Rolex.”

In this sense, this gang operated transnationally and was responsible for the production of cocaine in processing laboratories, they also sent narcotics to the United States, Canada and Europe.

However, their basic strategy was to mislead the authorities, they used ordinary people, the elderly, housewives, even soldiers.

This information was discovered after the United States joined forces with the Colombian Police. So then, with the help of the Dijin, he had a special investigation group that began to track bank accounts and intercept telephone networks.

After the investigation, it was discovered that at least 30 people in Colombia supported this organization with money laundering, among them “El Doctor”, who had direct contact with the daughter of Chapo Guzmán.

The first thing the authorities identified was that the bank accounts they used belonged to ordinary people who were asked the favor of receiving dollars from time to time, as a reward they were paid in pesos. After the dollars had been consigned, the money arrived in Colombia in cash and could be moved more easily. The turns were made to several people and none of them repeated the procedure, this complicated the tracking.

On the other hand, the money enters Colombia in shipments of contraband merchandise. Then that money is managed by someone in Colombia. It works like a kind of bank, however, all the movements made are made in cash and with human mail. In addition to this, they camouflage the tickets in cars, they also stuck them to the body, and in luggage that they mobilized on the country’s roads. A day they moved up to 800 million pesos.

Finally, during the investigation, it was established that the structure camouflages its drug trafficking activities with the purchase and sale of vehicles, especially high-end vans.

This money comes from various investors for the manufacture and shipments of drugs; Sometimes they received the vans as part of payment and, other times, as a pledge or were left as collateral in case the shipments of shipments were not completed.

On the other hand, they made transfers to real estate properties such as houses, apartments and farms to the names of third parties to leave them as collateral and when the shipments of shipments were completed they returned them to their owners.

The investigation also produced pictorial material, since it was recorded on cameras how for many years the money launderers themselves never hid.

In fact, they made the money changes in briefcases in broad daylight in several open and public establishments to generate less suspicion: shopping centers, gasoline pumps or parks.

Another material that clarified the investigation was the intercepted telephone calls; However, it was difficult to identify the activities they carried out, as they spoke in encrypted language that required almost a year of follow-up to identify.

Finally, once the money was transported and delivered in Colombia to drug trafficking structures, it was distributed in various payments to partners, drug suppliers, and was also invested in shipments of new drug shipments abroad.

“The Rolexes” had the necessary logistics to carry out the development of this type of criminal activities in an exact manner, since they had the strategic location of leaders, means of transport, buildings to take refuge and distract, contacts in exchange houses , relations with public officials and sophisticated media.

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