Former Colombian Footballer Diego Osoria Arrested for Drug Trafficking (Twitter)
The former left-back was trying to board a flight to Madrid, Spain, on April 8, from an airport close to Medellin with 1,849 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, in 4 pairs of sneakers. He was beforehand arrested in 2002 whereas transporting cocaine in Miami, and once more in 2016
Former footballer Diego Leon Osorio, who performed for Colombia’s nationwide staff within the Nineties, has been arrested for drug trafficking for the third time, police mentioned on Friday.
The former left-back was trying to board a flight to Madrid, Spain, on April 8, from an airport close to Medellin “with 1,849 grams of cocaine hydrochloride,” police said in a message sent to the media.
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Airport authorities discovered the drugs in four pairs of sneakers before making the arrest.
But police did not announce the arrest until Friday, when a video was leaked to the press showing Osorio, who won league titles with Colombian side Atletico Nacional, in handcuffs next to a uniformed officer.
The 52-year-old was previously arrested in 2002 while transporting cocaine in Miami but was released on bail.
In 2016, he was arrested once more in Medellin and later sentenced to accommodate arrest.
Osorio played for Colombia’s national team in the 1990s alongside the legendary Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama and goalkeeper Rene Higuita.
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At membership degree, he excelled at Atletico Nacional, profitable two Colombian leagues and the Merconorte Cup in 1998.
Soccer and medicines have been intertwined for the previous 4 many years in Colombia, the world’s main producer of the white powder, with a number of gamers arrested for hyperlinks to trafficking.
Anthony de Avila, Colombian membership America de Cali’s all-time main scorer, was detained in September 2021 for hyperlinks to the mafia in Naples, Italy.
Another Colombian worldwide Jhon Viafara, a midfielder within the Once Caldas staff that gained the Copa Libertadores in 2004, was extradited to the United States for collaborating in a drug cargo to that nation.
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