MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are increasing efforts to crack down on criminal gangs in Colombia that are running cocaine to Mexican drug kingpins who are at war with Mexico’s security forces.
Yesterday, a Miami federal grand jury indicted Diego Perez Henao, a suspected Colombian drug trafficker alleged to be the leader of one such criminal gang, known by its Spanish-language acronym as “Bacrims.”
Perez Henao remains at large and the indictment is part of an increased U.S. focus on loosely affiliated but heavily armed drug gangs
