Drug boss caught in luxurious mansion after being spotted taking dog to vets
A drug boss has been captured at a luxurious mansion in Colombia after giving away his whereabouts by taking his dog to the vets.
Following a two-year police operation, involving forces in Europe and Colombia, Julio Andres Murillo Figueroa, alias H1 or the Tsar, who supplied narcotics via a middle man known as the Swedish Pablo Escobar, has been caught at a country house outside Medellin.
The Tsar was one of the main members of a drug gang that sent large volumes of drugs from Colombia to Europe. It was then distributed with the help of Jonas Sture Falk (known as the Swedish Pablo Escobar) and Italian mafia, including the Ndrangheta.
Authorities have been looking for Murillo Figueroa since a cargo of 1,623 kilos of cocaine was discovered in 2021 off the coast of Huelva in Spain. He was known to be sending the drugs from Colombia and Argentina by boat to Europe for more than 15 years, where it was mainly being distributed in Spain, France, Belgium and Italy.
Murillo Figueroa began working for Pablo Escobar and the Cartel de Medellin, and after the most notorious drug dealer was gunned down in 1993, he slowly built himself up to be one of the main cocaine dealers in the city.
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“He was the main provider of cocaine to the boss Jonas Sture Falk, known in Europe as the Swedish Pablo Escobar”, distributing drugs to criminal gangs including Moroccan mafia and the Ndrangheta,” stated Colombian police.
“This invisible drug dealer with links to the ‘Gulf Clan’, especially its boss Gonzalito, was sought via a red alert from Interpol Spain for sending large consignments of cocaine from South America using boats." The net started to close in on Murillo Figueroa after Sture Falk was captured in 2022, so he decided to return to Colombia and live off the huge fortune he had amassed which included two mansions valued at more than £1 million.
He was found at a luxurious mansion near to Medellin (Police)But he was able to be caught due to his dog requiring a vet, while Murillo Figueroa had a limp which meant he needed a walking stick and needed medical treatment, also helped him to be recognised. Police first located him at his mansion in Cucuta, eastern Colombia and began to follow him - which included his regular trips to a vet due to his dog suffering a pulmonary illness.
Police said he was trafficking drugs for more than 15 years (Police)“There were two elements that led to his identity, his visits to a medical centre due to his own problems with mobility which led him to use a walking stick, and the continual trips to a vet for his dog,” said police. “But then H1 disappeared again, before he was seen at another mansion in Antioquia, valued at around £1.5million, where he was spotted every now and again taking his dog for a walk by a private lake.”
And it was on one of these walks with his dog that police were able to capture the drug lord who had been selling drugs for at least 15 years, said police. Jonas Falk is one of Sweden’s most notorious criminals and received the nickname “Paoblo Escobar” for his involvement in drug trafficking and was jailed in Barcelona.
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