They capture drug traffickers from the Gulf Clan with cocaine collection centers in the Dominican Republic

Bogotá.- The Colombian Police and the Civil Guard Spanish arrested Jhon Henry in Medellín González Herrera, alias Medio Labionoted as one of the main financial operators in the Gulf Clanthe largest criminal gang in the South American country, and considered an “invisible drug trafficker,” authorities in Colombia and Spain reported this Friday.

The prosecutor delegated for the Criminal Finance, Aura Liliana Trujillo, He assured in a press conference that Gonzalez Herrera He was identified as “the biggest launderer and drug trafficker” in the gang. Trujillo said that González Herrera was one of those in charge of laundering the criminal organization’s money through investment in large assets. real estate, the creation of companies and the use of virtual assets.

“González would have left the formal financial system in 2021. Since then he resorted to the ‘hawala’ method, a mechanism of currency exchange which consists of the management of codes or tokens through encrypted networks to pay for shipments,” indicated the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office.

For its part, the Civil Guard Spain indicated in a statement that the detainee is considered one of the greatest exponents of international drug trafficking that operates from business organizations apparently legalavoiding direct exposure and delegating to intermediaries and front men to prevent their identification, which is why they are called ‘invisible drug traffickers’.

The capture of González occurred in Medellín within the framework of the international operation ‘Gulupa II‘, which in October 2025 managed to partially dismantle a criminal network responsible for introducing more than 120 tons of cocaine annually into Europe through ports of Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The investigationstarted in 2022 by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Spanish Civil Guard, allowed the identification of several high-value targets in charge of coordinating the systematic shipment of shipments to Europe.

With this arrest, the authorities consider “the logistics and financial branch beheaded” of that band linked to Gulf Clan.

According to the authorities of Colombia and Spaina, the detainee is attributed with the seizure of more than 16 tons of cocaine in different countries and the movement close up 40 million euros (about 47.1 million dollars) in less than six months.

The detainee apparently performed financial management functionsmoney laundering and international coordination for groups linked to the Gulf Clanin addition to consolidating storage warehouses in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, from where shipments of up to 20 tons of cocaine were stored.

According to the investigation, the detainee maintained links with European mafias, Mexican cartels and associated networks to the so-called Cartel of the Suns in Venezuela, articulating the Colombia-Venezuela-Europe and Africa route.

The Trujillo prosecutor He added that the investigation continues and that progress is being made in the identification of other people linked to the criminal network. “We are developing to be able to identify those other people who are involved,” he indicated.

Alias ​​Middle Lip was presented to the competent authorities and must answer for the crimes of money laundering for trafficking purposes, manufacture or possession of narcoticss; illicit enrichment of individuals; bribery for giving or offering, and conspiracy to commit a crime.