Onyx. Registered under this name Luxury sailboat flying the South African flag appeared to be in emergency near the coast of Cartagena last Thursday, October 19.
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The ship was inspected by National Navy Caribbean Coast Guard officers and it was revealed that the ship was on the verge of sinking. because she was carrying about half a ton of cargo, which turned out to be high-purity cocaine, camouflaged in a double-bottom compartment in the bow.
EL TIEMPO investigated and determined that, according to preliminary reports, the sailboat’s route was to the island of San Andrés, where it was believed to transfer the cargo to a ship with a larger draft for transport towards the United States. At that time, the captain of the boat was arrested and placed at the disposal of the authorities.
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His name was withheld, but EL TIEMPO revealed he was a former Marine and ex-convict, according to federal agents.who is in the service of the Mexican and Colombian cartels and has already been arrested and convicted.
In fact, in Cartagena they believed that he was an eccentric millionaire who loved sailboats, while in the United States they confirmed the criminal record of a Colombian with the same first and last names.
Captured crew member Efrén Daniel Márquez Silva is 70 years old.
There is a Colombian who was caught with the same identity during the Panama Express operation in 2004. A person convicted of possession of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
According to the United States Federal Bureau of PrisonsMárquez Silva was freed on September 24, 2010.
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Márquez and Another 15 people from Lithuania and Ukraine were charged with drug trafficking.
During the three-day hearings, Márquez pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate as a witness on behalf of the US government.
In the case of 445 panels of high purity cocaine seized in Cartagena, investigators were able to identify the drug as suspicious. It would be sent temporarily to Mexico and then entered the illicit markets of the United States.
After cocaine was seized offshore,Authorities determined that the drugs belonged to the Mexican “Jalisco” cartel.
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It turned out that the drugs were loaded in groups Colombian criminals use special ships to transport cocaine between the coasts of the Caribbean Sea and then distribute it in the United States.
EL TIEMPO has now found that the process is against Márquez Silva is part of a special dossier on international drug trafficking. This means new prey will come.
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