Mozambique expels suspected Brazilian drug lord eNCA
Gilberto"Fuminho" Aparecido dos Santos was sent home on a Brazilian air force plane that left Maputo in the dead of night at 1.30 am with dozens of police officers on board, the authorities said.
Dos Santos was arrested last Monday in an international sting operation that included agents from Brazil, Mozambique and the US Drug Enforcement Administration. He is an alleged leader of the First Capital Command , considered to be Brazil's top criminal gang wielding control over cocaine supply routes from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.
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