One of world’s most wanted trafficker arrested
Spanish police announced Friday the arrest of one of the most sought-after narcotraffickers in the world, Edgar Guillermo Vallejo Guarin, also known as “Beto the Gypsy.”
Vallejo Guarin was arrested outside a luxury hotel in central Madrid with the collaboration of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Spanish Civil Guard said in a news release.
Vallejo Guarin has a long history of violence, involvement in money laundering of drug funds and corruption of high-level government officials, the release said.
Among the nations seeking him was the United States, which had offered a $5 million reward to anyone who helped bring about his capture.
He was also on the U.S. State Department’s Most Wanted list.
