"Sodapuppy" Colombian Cocaine & Meth Production Coordinator to Netherlands Arrested
By Socalj 7/21/2023 04:08:00 PM
"Socalj" for Borderland Beat
One of the most wanted drug traffickers in Europe, Jean-Paul Hoyos Bohórquez, alias "Sodapuppy," was captured in the village of El Crucero in the municipality of San Pedro, Valle, Colombia thanks to the development of Operation "Catarsis II".
According to the authorities, Hoyos is accused of being the head of an international network dedicated to cocaine trafficking with deployment in Mexico, Spain, and the Netherlands. He was wanted by Europol and the Dutch Prosecutor's Office (Netherlands) for drug trafficking.
"This is a momentous blow for the drug trafficking networks since Hoyos was in charge of shipping coca base paste and cocaine hydrochloride together with an international network dedicated to drug trafficking activities from Colombia, as well as the installation of laboratories for the processing of base paste in the Netherlands," said General William René Salamanca, director of the National Police in El Tiempo.
As confirmed by the National Police, Hoyos has a criminal history of more than 15 years, related mainly to drug trafficking activities (commercialization, production, and transformation of cocaine). Hoyos, a native of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, posed as a merchant in order to maintain international connections and take charge of shipping drugs to other countries, especially the Netherlands.
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