Colombian Police Arrest
37 Members Of Criminal
Gang
BOGOTA - Police captured
37 members of a criminal
and drug-trafficking
ring Friday in
northwestern Colombia,
authorities said.
The arrested were
members of the "Envigado's
Office," which sent
drugs to the United
States via Panama, said
Luis Martinez, police
commander in the
northwestern province of
Antioquia.
"They are responsible
for 70 percent of the
crimes in the region.
The gang has concealed
firearms in northeastern
and southwestern
Antioquia," Martinez
said.
He added that two people
acting as coordinators
of drug trafficking to
the United States were
among the detainees, who
were arrested during a
joint operation by
police and the
Prosecutor's Office in
Medellin, capital of
Antioquia, and nearby
localities.
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