Yesterday was a great day for people concerned about drug use and drug trafficking. One of Colombia’s top drug traffickers, Daniel Barrera, was captured about 15 miles from the border of Colombia in Venezuela. He was more often referred to as “Crazy” Barrera. Columbia is one of the world’s top cocaine producers and Barrera was one of the top traffickers. Colombian authorities have been following Barrera closely for the last several weeks; making arrests on 36 of his gang members, seizing five tons of cocaine and 21 aircrafts. "Crazy Barrera has been perhaps the most wanted kingpin in recent times," Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said. "He has dedicated 20 years to doing bad things to Colombia and the world, all types of crime, perverse alliances with paramilitaries, with the FARC." The U.S. had a bounty of 5 million dollars out for Barrera, and the Colombian government had a bounty of 2.7 million dollars. The government said that Barrera’s smuggling ring was capable of sending out ten tons of cocaine a months to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, which was the most powerful organized drug gang in the America’s. Along with the Colombian authorities, the U.S. and British intelligence agencies did a lot of investigating that played a large part in helping capture Barrera.. I believe that governments around the world need to take larger strides to stopping the trafficking of drugs. Everywhere you look around the world now you’ll see and hear about all kinds of drug use and trafficking, more so of a problem now than its ever been in the past.
http://news.yahoo.com/key-colombian-drug-lord-captured-venezuela-020900357.html
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