Initial reports by the Police say that this operation was carried out by the same police squad that less than 72 hours earlier had ended the life of Victor Manuel Mejía Múnera, the other half of “The Twins”. Two bodyguards of Mejía were arrested too.”Respect my life, you win” police say were Mejía’s words when he was discovered.The Colombian Minister of Defense immediately announced the capo will be extradited to the United States to be charged with drug trafficking. The US$ 5 million reward the U.S. had promised for his captured will go to the person who gave the information that led to the arrest.Meanwhile, the body of Victor Manuel Mejía Múnera has gone missing. Colombian police had shown pictures of the killed twin after his death Wednesday, but none of the authorities knew Friday what happened with the body since then.
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