Bogota [Colombia], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Four members of the Colombian Army were ambushed and killed by members of the Gulf Clan in the north of the county, Gen Juvenal Diaz Mateus, said.

"With deep sorrow, I report that in an ambush perpetrated by criminals from the Gulf Clan, a captain, a corporal and two soldiers of our Army, who were protecting the community of Santa Lucia in Ituango [located in Antioquia Department], were cowardly murdered," Mateus wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

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Drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as Otoniel, who is the head of the Gulf Clan (Clan del Golfo), was captured in Necocli, Antioquia Department, as part of a special operation last month.

According to Colombian President Ivan Duque, the capture of Otoniel was a major blow to drug trafficking and is comparable to the fall of drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1990s.

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Following Otoniel's capture, Colombian police have warned of possible Gulf Clan attacks. (ANI/Sputnik)

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