Colombia's armed forces killed at least 15 members of the Clan del Golfo, a criminal organization connected to drug trafficking and illegal mining, during a raid on Tuesday, military sources said.
The raid represents the biggest blow to the group since October last year, when security forces arrested Clan del Golfo's leader Dairo Antonio Usuga, better known as Otoniel, who is accused of being the most important drug trafficker in Colombia's recent history.
The operation took place in a rural zone of Ituango municipality in Colombia's Antioquia province, considered strategically important for cultivating coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine, according to security forces.
