Top Colombia counter-narcotics official sentenced for drug trafficking
Source: Colombia Reports
Top Colombia counter-narcotics official sentenced for drug trafficking
written by Jamie Shenk July 22, 2016
While a top Colombian anti-narcotics official racked up accolades for putting narcos behind bars, he secretly built his own drug trafficking network. Now, he will pay the price, 16 years to be exact.
Police Colonel Nestor Enrique Maestre was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for his role in coordinating shipments for a transnational drug-trafficking organization with connections in Colombia, Germany, and the Netherlands. Ironically, Maestre was regarded as one of Colombia’s most respected anti-narcotics officials util his arrest in 2014.
During his career in the Colombian Police, he rose quickly through the ranks while serving on the front line of the country’s battle against drug trafficking. He participated in an elite squad that collaborated with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to take down drug trafficking paramilitaries. He also worked closely with multiple foreign embassies, gaining access to high level information on transnational anti-drug operations.
But secretly, Maestre was playing both sides of the field. As he advanced in rank in the Colombian police, Maestre worked his way the head of a more sinister organization–a powerful criminal group that transported cocaine from ports on Colombia’s Atlantic coast to European connections in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands.
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