President Iván Duque confirmed that in the next few days, Leison Jiménez Mosquera, an ELN guerrilla dedicated to the manufacture of submersible devices for drug trafficking to various countries around the world.
Through his Twitter account, the president said that “It is WithHechos that we show that #ElQueLaHaceLaPaga and that no one is above the law. We signed the resolution that makes effective the extradition to the United States of Leison Jiménez Mosquera, a member of the ELN’s ‘Ernesto Che Guevara’ front, required for the crime of drug trafficking”, He assured
It is worth mentioning that Jiménez was captured by the National Army on November 14, in the municipality of Medio San Juan (Chocó).
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According to the authorities, the man was in charge of criminal logistics in the department of Chocó and had five years of experience shipping narcotics to the United States and Europe.
For your criminal interference in America, Leison Jiménez has an extradition order from the District Court of the state of Texas.
The Colombian authorities already have the entire process of his extradition ready, so in the next few days the guerrilla will be shipped to the United States.
Regarding this case, it was known that the cocaine that sailed from the Pacific, it was transported for the most part by means of electric semi-submersibles.
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During the registration and search procedures carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office and the National Navy in the jungle area of the municipality of Timbiquí (Cauca), a 45-meter long mega-submersible was found, with a 12-hour submarine navigation capacity. This device had an electrical battery recharging system that made it autonomous in the open sea.
Leison Jiménez will have to answer for the crimes of concert to operate and drug trafficking.