Suspected Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited to U.S.

A suspected Colombian drug-trafficking kingpin was arraigned Thursday on charges of overseeing multi-ton shipments of cocaine imported into the U.S., and ordering the killings and kidnappings of rivals and law-enforcement officers

was arraigned Thursday in a New York federal court on charges of overseeing multi-ton shipments of cocaine imported into the U.S. and ordering the killings and kidnappings of rivals and law-enforcement officers.

Federal prosecutors accused Dairo Antonio Úsuga of being the former leader of the Gulf Clan, calling the organization the largest and most powerful cocaine-trafficking organization in Colombia. Mr. Úsuga, who is also known by the alias Otoniel, after years of being one of the country’s most wanted fugitives. He was extradited to New York on Wednesday.

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