Colombian authorities have announced that a wanted drug lord was killed on Friday in a military operation. The United States had put a $5 million price tag on the head of Victor “Megateo” Navarro, who, according to Colombian Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas was an EPR guerrilla fighter who ran a cocaine supply route along the border of Colombia and Venezuela. Villegas said he was perhaps the most important drug kingpin in Colombia “with a several decade long criminal career who murdered and hurt people, was involved in corruption and torture, and harassed farmers…” teleSUR
