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Police capture Cali drug lord

by | Aug 19, 2011

Cali Police have arrested a leading drug trafficker wanted for extradition to the U.S., Caracol TV reported on Friday.

Guillermo Ruedo Toledo, alias “El Profe,” was captured in a joint intelligence-led operation between local police and Colombian anti-narcotics police.

According to authorities, he had been using a fruit company, Fruti Cali, as a front to smuggle drugs from Cali to the U.S. via San Andres and Mexico.

El Profe has been taken to Bogota where a judicial investigation will decide whether to extradite him to the U.S.

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Cali Police have arrested a leading drug trafficker wanted for extradition to the US, Caracol TV reported on Friday.

Guillermo Ruedo Toledo alias  “el Profe,” was captured in a joint intelligence-led operation between local police and Colombian anti-narcotics police.

According to police, he had been using a fruit company, Fruti Cali, as a front to smuggle drugs from Cali to the US via San Andres and Mexico.

El Profe has been taken to Bogota where a judicial investigation will decide whether to extradite him to the US.