This individual has an extensive criminal record and apparently participated in the murder of the indigenous leader Aquileo Mecheche.
In military operations, troops of the National Army, in coordination with the National Navy, with the support of the Police, the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation and in response to early alerts No. 027 and 019 of 2018, in the municipality Domingodó, of the municipality of Carmen del Darién, in the department of Chocó, captured an individual known as “Yonky,” urban ringleader of the Pablo José Montalvo Cuitiva substructure, of the organized armed group (GAO) Clan del Golfo.
Alias “Yonky,” 37, has more than 19 years of criminal experience in the Clan del Golfo. He would be in charge of controlling illegal activities, forced displacement, as well as planning criminal operations against civilians and the Security forces. This capture was possible thanks to the information provided by the Civic Participation Network.
Alias “Yonky” has an arrest warrant for the crimes of conspiracy to commit an aggravated crime and also for manufacture, bearing and traffic in firearms of the exclusive use of the Military Forces. In the same way, he is accused of carrying out extortions and also marketing of coca base paste in rural and urban areas in the municipalities of Carmen del Darién and Riosucio.
The man was put into custody of the authorities, who ordered to put him into prison.
With this result, the command and control structure of the Clan del Golfo, which has been committing crimes in the department of Chocó, is hit. The National Army, in coordination with the Security forces and the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, continues its operations against organized armed groups and ratifies its commitment to maintain security in this region of the country.
Source: press - National Army
