Q&A with Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano: The ‘new’ Drug War and the capture of Colombia’s most wanted man

We’re attacking and destroying his enterprise in narco-trafficking, not solely the cultivation, but in addition the finance and the laboratories that had been beneath the safety of the Clan del Golfo. We’ve got captured 28 members of the Clan del Golfo in two areas, and operations proceed. We’ve got launched a demobilization program for folks on the base of the Clan del Golfo, telling them, ‘Look, in the event you resolve to demobilize, enter into this program the place you present info, you cooperate with the justice system, and in the event you do it, in fact you’ll have some financial advantages.’ We did this beforehand with FARC [guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that disbanded following the 2016 peace accords]. All these make me sure that the seize of Otoniel is the going to be the top of the Clan del Golfo.