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Colombian police launch ‘major offensive’ against Medellin mafia

by Tim Hinchliffe December 1, 2011

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Colombia’s National Police Force launched on Thursday a “major offensive” against Medellin drug trafficking organization “Oficina de Envigado.”

Following the arrest of the illegal gang’s leader, alias “Valenciano,” in Venezuela Monday, Colombia’s National Police Director General Oscar Naranjo warned members of the Oficina that their persecution would be intense.

“Whoever takes over from Valenciano will have to start a life in hiding. You will have to be more concerned about hiding rather than drug trafficking,” Naranjo alerted.

Among the top targets of the offensive are aliases “Sebastian,” “Mi Sangre,” and “El Gomelo.” The police director addressed the crime bosses saying, “Your lives in that business will become increasingly short.”

The Oficina de Envigado, founded by the infamous Pablo Escobar, split into two factions after the 2008 extradition of “Don Berna,” who ran the organization after Escobar’s death in 1993.

Five hundred police officers were dispatched to Medellin Thursday to beef up security during the holiday season and hunt down members of the Oficina.

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