The Guatemalan Cristhian Estuardo Vaides Fion, aka El Tuerto, was captured in Antioquia, Colombia, this April 4, according to Colombian authorities, who mentioned that it is a drug trafficking cap.
Hebert Noé Mejía Castro, director of the Dijín and Interpol of the Colombian Police, said in a video broadcast on social networks that the one -eyedness is indicated to send large cargoes of cocaine from the jungles of Colombia to Guatemala and other countries of Central America, with the aim of introducing it later in the United States.
He added that the arrest occurred at the José María Córdova airport, in Rionegro, Antioquia.
The Criminal Investigation Directorate (Dijín) of the National Police of Colombia and the Interpol said that Vaides Fion is required by the USA., A country that indicates it to traffic more than five tons of cocaine per month towards its territory.
The official report details that the Teres coordinated the transport of large cocaine shells, which were packaged in Colombian jungles by clandestine laboratories, and then being introduced in Panama.
He adds that, from Panama, the drug was transferred to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, until reaching the United States. Confirmed El Tuerto had active a red alert from Interpol.
He indicated that the capture was possible thanks to the joint work of the Attorney General’s Office and the United States Anti -Drug Agency, since it was one of the most sought after by that country, where it is required by the Court of the Eastern District of Texas for drug trafficking charges.
Vaides are indicated as an illegal association for the manufacture and distribution of cocaine, and of manufacturing and distribution of this drug with the purpose of introducing it in the US.
The authorities reported that the one -eyed man sent drugs by means of fast boats, submersibles, fishing boats and freighters.
Likewise, it coordinated the sale of cocaine to other drug traffickers, at an estimated price of US $ 14 thousand per kilo, and it is believed that it is part of a drug trafficking structure since 2025.
The Chief of the Police of Colombia reported that the Guatemalan was made available to the Attorney General’s Office, and is waiting for his extradition to the United States.
@Dijinpolicia in coordination with @Fiscaliacol and international cooperation of @Deahq managed to retain by red notification of @Interpol_HQ a Guatemalan citizen known as “El Tuerto” required by the east court of #USA for the crime of drug trafficking. pic.twitter.com/fg8xjyo4yp
– Criminal Investigation Directorate and Interpol (@dijinpolicia) April 4, 2025
I was on vacation
The official reports point out that Cristhian Estuardo Void Fion was arrested at the airport when he tried to board a flight to Panama. It was established that the one -eyed man had arrived on vacation and that he had spent time with family and friends.