The cartel boss’s fate was reportedly sealed early this year when authorities decided to intensify their hunt, amid soaring levels of cocaine production. Photograph: Colombia’s Military Forces/Reuters Úsuga (centre) has been described by Duque as ‘the most feared drug trafficker in the entire world’. A total of 132 warrants had been issued for Úsuga’s arrest. In a triumphant televised broadcast, Duque compared the arrest to the 1993 slaying of Pablo Escobar in Medellín, saying: “This is the most severe blow that has been dealt to drug trafficking in this country this century.”Ĭolombian authorities had been pursuing Úsuga for about a decade, with the US state department offering a $5m reward for information leading to the capture of a criminal it accused of controlling a vast network of cocaine laboratories and illegal runways and speedboat jetties used to smuggle drugs north. “Cool it, soldier,” replied Úsuga, before confirming his name, raising his hands and asking not to be killed.īy nightfall, the former leftwing guerrilla and paramilitary had been flown to Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, handcuffed and stony-faced, where he was paraded before the media wearing black wellington boots. “Identify yourself!” a special forces army sergeant reportedly bellowed at the shirtless fugitive, who is known as Otoniel, after spotting him trying to hide beneath a heap of branches and scrubs. Hopefully, the next God of War game contains bosses just as hard as these past enemies.Colombia’s president, Iván Duque, has celebrated the downfall of “the most feared drug trafficker on Earth” after one of South America’s most wanted men was captured at his rainforest hideout following a massive manhunt involving hundreds of troops as well as US and British intelligence agencies.ĭairo Antonio Úsuga, the 50-year-old head of the Clan del Golfo drug cartel, was arrested on Saturday afternoon after heavily armed operatives laid siege to the criminal’s jungle stomping ground in north-west Colombia. Updated on Jby Joseph Heindl: The creatures and figures in Greek and Norse mythology are among the most creative ever designed, and it's not surprising that they've terrified audiences on both the big and small screen for decades. The God of War series puts these monsters front and center, challenging players to overcome them through hack-and-slash brutality. Several times during these games, the developers fashion foes so fearsome that Kratos barely comes out of it alive. Boss fights, most especially, really make the combat mechanic shine and they force the players to pay attention to the screen, engaged to spectacular effect. Even though the entire system went through a massive overhaul with God of War in 2018, this fact still remains true. One of the things that make the God of War series so beloved is its harsh, heavy-hitting, and unrelenting combat mechanic.
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