To the minus nine members of the Gulf clanthe main criminal gang of Colombia, They died in a military bombing in SegoviaDepartment of Antioquia, in the northwest of the country, the government reported on Tuesday.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said in his X account that he ordered himself perform that operation that left “nine dead membersone captured, 13 seized rifles ”.
The information added that among the dead are The leader Manuel Alexander Ariza Rosario, aka ‘Hitler’, and the Second in command of that structure, Jairo Julio de Hoyos, aka ‘Neym’.
The operation was carried out in the hamlets of Arenales and Montefrío and Army and Colombian aerospace force troops participated in it (FAC).
“This clan unit had already participated in the ambush of the Special Forces to the Army (sic),” added Petro, who also blamed the Gulf of the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Jaime Alonso Gallegoa mining leader from Segovia.
I ordered an operation with bombing on armed structures of the Gulf clan in Segovia, Antioquia.
In the sandy and Montefrio, Segovia, Antioquia paths. Army units and the aerospace force attack the Gulf Clan, Jairo Julio de Hoyos mobile company and …
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) March 25, 2025
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