# Colombian authorities have arrested 217 members of the country’s biggest drug cartel, the Gulf Clan. The arrests come as the country suffers its worst outburst of violence since 2016. The cartel is accused of murdering two dozen security force members in the past month alone. During the arrests, 6.8 tonnes of drugs, 123 firearms and more than 15-thousand rounds of ammunition were seized. President Gustavo Petro has accused the group of devising a strategy to systematically murder members of the security forces.
Over 200 members of Colombia’s biggest drug cartel arrested