Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country's largest criminal gang has been captured.
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force and police.
The government had offered a US $800,000 reward for information about his whereabouts, while the US placed a $5 million bounty on his head.
President Iván Duque hailed Otoniel's capture in a televised video message.
Otoniel was captured in his rural hideout in Antioquia province in north-western Colombia, close to the border with Panama.
The operation involved 500 soldiers supported by 22 helicopters. One police officer was killed.
Otoniel had used a network of rural safe houses to move around and evade the authorities, and did not use a phone, instead relying on couriers for communication.
[Source: BBC]
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