uan Rivera was arrested in the city of Cali after a six-month manhunt. He is wanted for extradition by U.S. courts in Florida and was second in command of the Norte del Valle cartel, Colombia's biggest cocaine smuggling gang.
"With the passing of the years, Rivera became the key part of this organization in terms of smuggling cocaine to external markets," said national police chief Oscar Naranjo.
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