Governor Says Largest Drug Cartel Extracting Gold in Colombian Protected Area
Governor Juvenor Diaz of Santander, a department found in the central-northern part of Colombia, has decried the illegal mining activities conducted in his area by the country’s largest criminal gang called the Gulf Clan. This drug cartel also goes by the name EGC, or Gaitanista Army of Colombia. The neoparamilitary outfit came into being after another cartel, the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia, was demobilized. The group’s interest in the Santurban moor in Santander is focused on controlling the illicit gold mining that takes place in the area. Diaz, a politician who retired after serving as a general in…