Narco "King Midas" brought to Panama

Martín Beltrán Delgadillo The man authorities claim was the link between the notorious Sinaloa Cartel and the FARC’s 30th Front.  was extradited from Mexico to Panama  on Tuesday,

 Major Gloria Silva, head of the Interpol Panama Office, said that the case dates back to 2013  and involves the seizure of two and a half tons of cocaine, as well as the  $500,000 and 17 cars.

Panama issued an arrest warrant for the accused in an  international operation “Aguila”,

Beltran fled Panama and settled in Costa Rica and later moved to his native Mexico. The transfer of the drug was headed by

Leonel Pérez Castro, alias “Richard”, leader of the insurgent group “Frente 30” of the FARC. The drug was shipped in speedboats from Colombia to the Panama Pacific coast and then sent by land to Central and North America, by collaborators of the organization, mainly  Colombians and Mexicans. Beltran was in charge of receiving it in Panama and placing it in the hands of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico.

Beltran was considered by the authorities to be the “King Midas” of the FARC because he was the “great funder” of the group from the income generated from the sale of drugs.

Beltran was in charge of coordinating everything related to the receipt, payment, and shipping the drug to Mexico. The authorities have surveillance photos of March 20, 2014, and June 6, 2014, where members of the organization are seen in Mazda and Nissan cars where cocaine shipments were confiscated.

For 18 months the Panamanian authorities investigated the drug trafficking network and in 2014 they began with the arrests of over 50   members,