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| Colombia captures top drug lord | Colombia captures top drug lord |
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| Colombian authorities have arrested the country's most wanted drug lord, the government has said. | Colombian authorities have arrested the country's most wanted drug lord, the government has said. |
| Daniel Rendon Herrera, known as "Don Mario", was captured on Wednesday near Necocli in north-western Colombia, officials told Efe news agency. | |
| The government had offered a bounty of some $2m (£1.3m) for information leading to his arrest. | The government had offered a bounty of some $2m (£1.3m) for information leading to his arrest. |
| Colombia is a major global supplier of cocaine. Drug trafficking has fuelled the country's decades-long conflict. | Colombia is a major global supplier of cocaine. Drug trafficking has fuelled the country's decades-long conflict. |
| Earlier this year Daniel Rendon Herrera reportedly offered his gunmen almost $1,000 for each police officer they murdered, as security forces closed in on his network. | Earlier this year Daniel Rendon Herrera reportedly offered his gunmen almost $1,000 for each police officer they murdered, as security forces closed in on his network. |
| Once a paramilitary in a now-demobilised group, he had refused to surrender as part of a peace deal, the BBC's Jeremy McDermott reports from Colombia. | Once a paramilitary in a now-demobilised group, he had refused to surrender as part of a peace deal, the BBC's Jeremy McDermott reports from Colombia. |
| Instead he used paramilitary networks to build up a personal army of up to 1,000 people, also striking a deal with left-wing Farc rebels. | |
| Authorities had been tracking him for months, but he had always managed to stay one step ahead of them until now, our correspondent says. | Authorities had been tracking him for months, but he had always managed to stay one step ahead of them until now, our correspondent says. |
| More than 500 anti-narcotics police were involved in the operation to arrest him, Efe reported. | More than 500 anti-narcotics police were involved in the operation to arrest him, Efe reported. |