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Crime ring leader killed in Colombia

Crime ring leader killed in Colombia






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Sep 30, 2024 2:45:32 am

(MENAFN-IANS) Bogota, September 30 (IANS) Colombian police have shot dead Juan Carlos Rodriguez, alias “Zeus”, one of the country’s most dangerous criminals and leader of the Clan del Golfo organized crime ring, National Police of Colombia (PNC) confirmed.

Rodriguez, a former military soldier and refugee, was killed along with seven of his men in a shootout with police in Colombia’s northwestern Antioquia department on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.

“In the development of Operation Agamemnon, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, leader of the Magdalena Medio bloc of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, died,” PNC Director General William Salamanca announced on X on Sunday.

The joint operation to capture Rodriguez involved the police, army, air force and the Attorney General’s Office.

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