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Regarding Tushi, authorities are investigating whether he has links to Albanian criminal organizations that are behind human and drug trafficking networks operating between Colombia and the Balkans, as reported last week by Medellín's Security Secretary, Manuel Villa Mejía.
Artur Tushi, 44, was executed in a mafia assassination in the El Poblado neighborhood of Medellín (Colombia). The Albanian, who also had Ecuadorian documents, was shot several times by a Venezuelan who approached him on a motorcycle as the victim was returning to his home.
Colombian media have published new details regarding the crime, while authorities have recently mentioned the presence of the Albanian mafia in the city, mainly in Lleras Park.
However, it is believed that Ecuadorian and Balkan gangs have criminal connections.
The death of Albanian-Ecuadorian Artur Tushi outside the Santafé shopping mall in southeastern Medellín and the accusations of the Medellín Secretary of Security about the presence of gangs from the Balkan country in Lleras Park raise questions about the presence of European criminal organizations in the city.
Born 44 years ago in the city of Lezha (Albania), Tushi was approached by a man on a motorbike as the victim was walking outside a shopping mall. Tushi was shot 11 times, while it is suspected that the 44-year-old was heading towards where he was staying, in a residential complex in the area.
Amid the shooting, a 77-year-old woman who was passing through the area was wounded by at least two bullets, one in the body and one in the leg. She was taken to the Las Vegas Clinic in Medellín, where she was treated and is in a non-life-threatening condition.
Authorities arrested Álvaro José Cabrera Azócar, a 35-year-old Venezuelan, in the municipality of Bello. Authorities caught him riding a motorcycle similar to the one captured on security cameras. He was found with a firearm, which is suspected to have been used in the murder.
Regarding Tushi, authorities are investigating whether he has links to Albanian criminal organizations that are behind human and drug trafficking networks operating between Colombia and the Balkans, as reported last week by Medellín's Security Secretary, Manuel Villa Mejía.
"We are facing a problem that has escalated to another level. It is not just about local structures. In Parque Lleras, the international mafia operates. That is why I asked the Security Council to focus all efforts on finding the alias El Holandés and putting an end to these criminal organizations once and for all," the secretary declared.
The murder of the Albanian comes after a major operation carried out last week in Medellín, Cali and Pereira, which resulted in the arrest of 13 people linked to a human trafficking network that sent women from Antioch to Albania and other Balkan countries such as Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia, as well as to Malta.
But human trafficking is not the only business that Albanians in Medellín are involved in. It is worth noting that last week a member of the Ecuadorian gang Los Choneros was killed, and “Fede,” one of the leaders of this criminal organization, was arrested.
Authorities claim there is a connection between the Albanian mafia and Ecuadorian drug trafficking gangs.
According to Ecuadorian journalists, "Albanian gangs tend to work with all gangs, from which they buy drugs, security and transport logistics to Europe. They generally do this with a low profile."
In fact, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, there have been 4 murders of Albanians related to crime in that city.
It is known that in Ecuador they have links to Los Choneros, among other structures, so the death of this Albanian-Ecuadorian is being investigated to determine if it could be linked to the activities of the criminal gang in Medellín, which essentially consist of using the city as a center for negotiations with both Albanians and Italian and Dutch groups. / Adapted from El Colombiano /
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