13 members of a network involved in drug trafficking to Central America and the United States were arrested

Preventive detention orders were issued by a supervisory judge (control de garantías) in Medellin (Antioquia) against 13 members of a network involved in drug trafficking to Central America and the United States as alleged perpetrators of aggravated conspiracy for drug trafficking, trafficking, manufacture or drug possession.

The Investigation conducted by the 15 Specialized National Directorate on Antinarcotics and Money Laundering, in coordination with the National Police Antinarcotics Division, allowed to establish the existence of this criminal organization that manufactured, trafficked  and distributed cocaine hydrochloride in the city ofMedellin, in the municipalities of Envigado, Turbo and Apartadó (Antioquia), Cali (Valle del Cauca), Timba (Cauca), Maicao (La Guajira) and  Cartagena (Bolívar). Then the drug was taken to Panamá, as a transit country, and finally, it was send to other destination countries.