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Brazil police arrest Colombian drug trafficker
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Original Publication Date: April 29, 2016 5:51AM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 12:04PM
SAO PAULO – Brazilian police say they have arrested a Colombian man wanted on drug gang charges in his home country and in the U.S.
A Federal police statement issued Friday says that Eduardo Fernando Cardoza Giraldo was arrested Thursday in the city of Ribeirao Preto in Sao Paulo state.
Cardoza Giraldo is under indictment in Brooklyn, New York, on charges of cocaine trafficking in connection with his alleged role in controlling a drug debt collection office aligned with the Clan Usuaga gang.
Brazilian officials say he’s also wanted in Colombia on charges of murder, torture and kidnapping.
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