How narco's 'great friend' became Colombia's counternarcotics chief

by Adriaan Alsema March 9, 2020

When retired General Ricardo Restrepo was Colombia’s counternarcotics chief, drug trafficking spiraled out of control. The top police official was mingling with the mafia.

Restrepo’s appearance in the Instagram profile of a late drug money launderer surprised many as the general was supposed to catch the bad guys, not hang out with them.

Coincidentally, cocaine exports began skyrocketing after the general was appointed Colombia’s antinarcotics chief in 2013.

Nothing new here
The latest revelations of Restrepo’s organized crime ties are not new, though. They first arose in 1990 when his Medellin-based Special Operations unit was accused of terrorism in collusion with the Cali Cartel.

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Restrepo, in uniform, with Jose Guillermo Hernandez, money laudering associate of both President Duque, and previous President Alvaro Uribe.