Francisco Manuel Bermúdez Cagua allegedly stood at the helm of Los Choneros, a notoriously brutal Foreign Terrorist…
Francisco Manuel Bermúdez Cagua allegedly stood at the helm of Los Choneros, a notoriously brutal Foreign Terrorist Organization whose leaders preserved their grip on cocaine-trafficking routes and expanded a far-reaching criminal enterprise using murder, intimidation, corruption, and heavily armed enforcers. For years, Bermúdez Cagua and Los Choneros allegedly inflicted terror on Ecuadorian communities, targeting law enforcement, elected officials, legal professionals, and civilians without regard for the human cost as they pursued their illicit and vicious objectives. As a co-leader of the Homeland Security Task Force, @HSI_HQ is driving the coordinated international effort to dismantle cartel networks at their highest levels, and this extradition underscores the extraordinary work of HSI New York and our essential law enforcement partners in mounting a relentless fight against those who enable cartels to inflict death and devastation in the name of greed.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT HSI acting Executive Associate Director John A. Condon's statement on the extradition of an Ecuadoran terrorist organization leader ICE
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Francisco Manuel Bermúdez Cagua allegedly stood at the helm of Los Choneros, a notoriously brutal Foreign Terrorist Organization whose leaders preserved their grip on cocaine-trafficking routes and expanded a far-reaching criminal enterprise using murder, intimidation, corruption, and heavily armed enforcers. For years, Bermúdez Cagua and Los Choneros allegedly inflicted terror on Ecuadorian communities, targeting law enforcement, elected officials, legal professionals, and civilians without regard for the human cost as they pursued their illicit and vicious objectives. As a co-leader of the Homeland Security Task Force, @HSI_HQ is driving the coordinated international effort to dismantle cartel networks at their highest levels, and this extradition underscores the extraordinary work of HSI New York and our essential law enforcement partners in mounting a relentless fight against those who enable cartels to inflict death and devastation in the name of greed.
Loaded Language Emotionally charged descriptors such as 'notoriously brutal' push a negative reaction beyond the facts.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT HSI acting Executive Associate Director John A. Condon's statement on the extradition of an Ecuadoran terrorist organization leader ICE
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