Colombia preparing tropical paradise for tourism after 500...
Hacktivists leak 178,000 documents from Colombia’s military
Colombia’s State sentenced for exterminating political party
Colombia’s capital Bogota awarded for failing crime policy
OAS urges Colombia to release people arrested over...
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal hears notorious former warlord
Colombia’s GDP and GNI
Panama arrests US citizen suspected in Colombia of...
Colombia seeking mastermind behind Paraguay prosecutor kill plot
Colombia’s government and ELN rebels overcome “crisis” in...
  • About
  • Support
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
News

Medellin police arrest key ‘neo-paramilitary boss’

by Jean Carrere November 17, 2011

Capture

Medellin police have arrested a man accused of being an important lieutenant of neo-paramilitary organization “Oficina de Envigado,” authorities announced Thursday.

Carlos Augusto Correa Lopez, alias “Mono Pepe,” was arrested Saturday in the parking lot of a supermarket of the Poblado neighborhood, where he was allegedly receiving the payment for a kidnapping.

According to the authorities, Mono Pepe was an important link between rival gang lords and leaders of the infamous Oficina de Envigado, Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias “Valenciano,” and Erik Vargas Cardenas, alias “Sebastian.”

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) suspected Mono Pepe of organizing a meeting between the two criminals in Argentina last September, where they allegedly signed a previsionary truce.

Since the 2008 extradition of former Oficina leader “Don Berna” to the U.S., the two men have been engaged in a bloody turf war in Medellin.

The arrest of Mono Pepe is a harsh blow to the Oficina de Envigado, said the police, who did not dismiss the possibility of transferring the suspect to Bogota, to wait a possible extradition to the U.S.

justiceMedellinOficina de EnvigadoSebastianValenciano

Trending

  • Panama arrests US citizen suspected in Colombia of murdering fiancé

  • Colombia’s capital Bogota awarded for failing crime policy

  • Colombia’s war crimes tribunal hears notorious former warlord

For patrons

Downloads for patrons

Related articles

  • Colombia seeking mastermind behind Paraguay prosecutor kill plot

  • Medellin

  • Colombia’s Truth Commission exposes hundreds of Medellin’s alleged terrorism sponsors

  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Rss

@2008-2019 - Colombia Reports. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Digitale Zaken and Parrolabs


Back To Top
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion