Brother of Colombia’s former Supreme Court president arrested on drug trafficking charges
Brother of Colombia’s former Supreme Court president arrested on drug trafficking charges
Mar 5, 2015 posted by Adriaan Alsema
The brother of a former President of Colombia’s Supreme Court has been arrested after the United States had linked him to drug trafficking, local media reported on Thursday.
Rafael de Jesus Ricaurte was arrested in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta after the Southern District Court of New York had charged him with undisclosed crimes related to drug trafficking and ordered an international arrest warrants against the prominent member of the coastal elite.
According to newspaper El Tiempo, the suspect was arrested with a second drug trafficking suspect by DEA agents with the help of prosecution officials.
Ricaurte is the brother of former Supreme Court President Francisco Javier Ricaurte and a leading member of the regional branch of President Juan Manuel Santos’ governing U Party.
According to local media, the suspect was the victim of an assassination attempt by alleged members of the Oficina de Envigado, a Medellin-based crime syndicate, in 2011.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/brother-of-colombias-former-supreme-court-president-arrested-on-drug-trafficking-charges/
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RAFAEL JESUS GOMEZ RICAURTE and Jose Toro Naranjo were captured by the CTI for drug trafficking.[/center]
Google translate:
The operation was conducted by agents of the DEA in coordination with the Office.
In an operation of DEA agents in the United States in coordination with the CTI of the Prosecutor, was captured Rafael de Jesús Gómez Ricaurte, who according to official sources is the brother of Francisco José exmagistrado Ricarte.
The catch was recorded Thursday in Cartagena, where the subject was in the company of José Toro Naranjo, who was also captured.
According to the authorities, Rafael de Jesús Gómez Ricaurte was under investigation for drug trafficking and the court of New York in the United States is ahead a process for the above offense.
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