In total, 29 people were arrested who would be part of a drug trafficking organization that had links with Cartels in Mexico.
The Colombian Navy, the Ecuadorian Navy, the Colombian National Police and the Ecuadorian National Police, through the coordination of efforts against drug trafficking structures, have dismantled an organization made up of Colombians and Ecuadorians, specialized in the commercialization of cocaine with Cartels in Mexico.
In a combined and interagency coordination operation conducted by Colombian and Ecuadorian authorities carried out simultaneously in Colombia, in the city of Santiago de Cali -Valle del Cauca, and in the provinces of Esmeraldas, Manabi and Guayas in Ecuador, 29 drug traffickers under the criminal command of the Colombian alias Curva were arrested, who were sending large shipments of cocaine to Mexico and the United States, through the mode of maritime transport with go fast type boats, across the Pacific Ocean.
This drug trafficking organization specialized in the commercialization and maritime shipment of cocaine of the Colombian coasts in the department of Nariño and the Ecuadorian coasts to Mexico mainly, through the route known as the northern and southern route of the Galapagos Islands, where this organization deployed logistics platforms to cover the route to be navigated by the transport ships, and thus prevent detection by the authorities at sea.
This organization would have the capacity to send approximately two tons of cocaine per month to the coasts of Mexico, to later enter the United States, generating monthly profits close to 68 million dollars, and annual profits exceeding 800 million dollars.
This organization was led by the individual Hader Cuero Valencia, known as Curva and Dairon Aurelio Cuero Valencia alias Chanchi both of Colombian nationality. Alias Curva would be the main ringleader. Although he resides in the city of Cali he was arrested in Ecuadorian territory, and alias Chanchi, who would be the second ringleader of the organization and was arrested at his residence in the city of Cali.
The organization led by alias Curva was in the same way composed of Colombians who resided in Ecuador and were the direct links between the Colombian ringleader and the organization in that country. Among those arrested in Ecuadorian territory there were six Colombians who were found by troops in the province of Guayas, and 22 Ecuadorians in Esmeraldas and Manabi.
This dismantling is the reflection of the coordinated work conducted by Colombian and Ecuadorian authorities based on the attack on drug trafficking, which hits these two countries and is rapidly spreading throughout the region. These 29 arrests cover the criminal operations of this organization who traded it with Mexican Cartels for its subsequent distribution to North American territory.
Source: Press – Navy of Colombia
