Spanish police arrest suspected Colombian crime lord


  • World
  • Saturday, 19 Jul 2014

MADRID (Reuters) - Police in the Spanish region of Alicante said on Saturday they had arrested a 40-year-old man who they identified as the head of the military wing of a violent Colombian drug cartel and one of Colombia's most wanted criminals.

The Interior Ministry said the man, known as "Raton" (Rat in Spanish), runs a network of more than 200 people involved in extortion and cocaine trafficking to Spain, the United States and the Netherlands.

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