00:00An FBI special agent decided to report a Colombian man who for years had been moving
00:04between drug traffickers, paramilitaries, and United States federal agencies.
00:08This is Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón, better known in the criminal world as
00:12alias De Boliche.
00:13According to court rulings and his own testimony, this 57-year-old man
00:17He's not just any criminal.
00:19This is the story of a former drug trafficker who was an associate of former paramilitary leaders.
00:23Carlos Castaño, Salvatore Mancuso and alias Jorge Cuarenta, who was a collaborator of the
00:28DEA and laundered money for the alleged front man Nicolás Maduro, the businessman from Barranquilla
00:32Alex Saab.
00:33His name has resurfaced in recent weeks because he faces a new accusation before
00:38the United States authorities.
00:40According to the FBI, Boliche deceived drug traffickers, making them believe that
00:44He could negotiate legal benefits for them with the DEA in exchange for them paying him millions.
00:48of dollars.
00:49Everything was documented in an 18-page complaint that is part of the case against
00:53Bowling in a Tampa, Florida court, and which was published by the Investigative Unit
00:57of the Spectator.
00:58According to that document, since 2020, Boliche has allegedly convinced six drug traffickers
01:02in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, who will later, in 2024, denounce him before
01:08the FBI for the crime of electronic fraud.
01:10The investigation maintains that the money never reached the prosecutors or the agencies
01:14federal authorities, but it was appropriated by the former Colombian drug trafficker.
01:17The FBI complaint describes meetings, money transfers, conversations
01:22and testimonies that, according to US authorities, show how there would have been
01:26built a business around his alleged privileged access to federal authorities.
01:32According to one of the drug traffickers, while he was imprisoned in Florida, Boliche asked him approximately
01:37one million dollars in exchange for guaranteeing him a reduced sentence.
01:40The interviewee stated that in calls and WhatsApp messages, he assured her that he would get out
01:44He was imprisoned in just a few years. He even told his family he would be free.
01:49in less than four years, despite having faced a sentence of at least ten years and having another
01:54a case in which he could face a life sentence.
01:57According to the investigation, Hernández Villazón continued demanding payments while
02:01He maintained that he could obtain sentence reductions, although he ultimately did not lend the
02:05promised services, says the FBI.
02:08The investigation by this federal agency also documented money transfers,
02:11including Western Union money transfers from Rio Bacha. Furthermore, people confirmed that the
02:16From there, I would have records that Boliche requested vehicles, cash, and other assets as a form of
02:21payment for their services that apparently yielded no results.
02:25The case of former drug trafficker Hernández Villazón also has a political element.
02:28In early July 2026, former presidential candidate Iván Cepeda asserted that Boliche
02:33He would have maintained a close relationship with the current president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella,
02:37a statement that once again put the former DEA informant at the center of public debate because
02:43his connection to Alex Saab and to this electronic fraud case.
02:46He also indicated that a former associate of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella was the one who...
02:51has allegedly helped Boliche to scam drug traffickers in the United States.
02:55One of the accomplices of alias Boliche is de la Espriella's partner, Daniel Peña Redonda Gómez.
03:05Sixth, it is to tell him that the US authorities must clarify whether Mr. Abelardo de la Espriella
03:16has been or is an agent or collaborator of the DEA, the CIA, or any other security agency
03:26of the United States.
03:28The viewer contacted the campaign of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella and Boliche's lawyer,
03:34But none of them answered our questions about this case. We also sent them a list of 24 questions.
03:40We contacted lawyer Peña Redonda to get his version of events, but he did not respond either.
03:44However, he said he had no investigations against him or any illegal links with Boliche.
03:50The question now is whether this complaint will end up revealing new details about one of the characters
03:54most enigmatic of recent decades in organized crime.
03:58A man who went from being a drug trafficker to a DEA collaborator and witness in international investigations.
04:04Now, in the coming weeks, he will face a criminal trial for alleged multimillion-dollar fraud.
04:09before the US justice system.
04:11If you would like to know more details about this story,
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