Overview

• Police special forces detained Luis Hernando Vera Fernández, alias “Mono Luis”, in a rural house in El Peñón, Cundinamarca, during Operation Medusa XII announced by President Gustavo Petro.
• Authorities describe him as the principal operator for the Estado Mayor Central, overseeing narcotrafficking, illicit finance and logistics for his brother’s network.
• Officials attribute the truck bomb near Cali’s Marco Fidel Suárez air base that killed six civilians and injured more than 60 to an EMC front under Iván Mordisco.
• The specialized organized‑crime prosecutor’s office had an active homicide warrant for “Mono Luis”, and police say he left Mordisco’s zone to handle clandestine meetings and criminal business.
• Iván Mordisco remains at large with a reward of up to 4,450 million pesos for information on his location, as defense leaders bolster an elite unit to pursue high‑value targets in the southwest.