Colombia extradites seven foreigners, including 'Modelling Monster', to six countries
Interpol Colombia handed over seven citizens wanted for drug trafficking, murder and sexual offences. The extraditions were carried out on 28 and 29 October 2026.
Interpol Colombia carries out seven extraditions in two days to six nations
The National Central Office of Interpol Colombia executed the passive extradition of seven persons wanted by judicial authorities from Argentina, Spain, Ecuador, Venezuela, France and the United States, according to infobae.com. The handovers took place on 28 and 29 October 2026, under coordination by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol (Dijín), Migration Colombia and the police bodies of the requesting countries.
The transfers were carried out on commercial flights, with custody provided by international officials who received each wanted person. The detainees face proceedings for drug trafficking, murder, sexual offences, money laundering, document falsification and harbouring.
The case of the 'Modelling Monster'
Venezuelan citizen Adolfredo Rafael Matos Gonzáles, identified by authorities with the alias "El Monstruo del modelaje", was transferred to Venezuela. The Court of First Instance in Control Function of the state of Zulia requires him for crimes against the sexual integrity of minors.
According to investigations cited by the National Police, Matos Gonzáles allegedly used a modelling school as a front to recruit and photograph his victims. The accusation maintains that he published intimate material on pornographic websites and abused six girls. Interpol Venezuela assumed custody to continue the judicial process in that country.
Cases of sexual abuse and murder
Édgar Germán Montoya Montoya was handed over to Spanish authorities. The Provincial Court of Madrid accuses him of having touched a minor inappropriately and of having had abusive access to a minor. Interpol Spain assumed his custody for the transfer.
Heraldo William Rosero Tacán was extradited to Ecuador, where a Judicial Unit on Violence Against Women is investigating him for violent carnal access against a minor. According to official information, he allegedly used force and committed abuses repeatedly.
Venezuelan Ender Emanuel Alvarado Contreras was placed at the disposal of Control Court No. 3 of the state of Yaracuy for murder. The requirement indicates that he allegedly attacked a person with a sharp cutting weapon, inflicting wounds that resulted in the person's death.
Drug trafficking and financial crimes
Óscar David Galindo Caraballo, a Colombian citizen, was extradited to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit crime and drug trafficking. The handover was formalised before agents of the U.S. Marshals Service. The Police did not detail the specific location of the investigation nor the concrete facts supporting the requirement, although it confirmed that he must answer to United States justice.
French citizen Edouard David Joseph Chavanne was handed over to Interpol France, which brings him before the authorities in Lyon. The judicial file links him with money laundering, tax fraud, undeclared work and abuse of trust.
Taiwanese citizen Po Ya Lin was transferred to Argentina, where Federal Criminal Oral Court No. 3 requires her for document falsification and harbouring. The proceeding accuses her of having acquired a vehicle of illicit origin and of using false public documentation.
Parallel transfer from La Picota
In a simultaneous procedure, the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Inpec) transferred nine persons during the early hours of Friday from the extraditable section of La Picota prison to the DEA hangar at El Dorado airport in Bogotá.
Among those transferred are Juan Carlos Ojeda Realpe, Jeovanny Aguilar Jiménez, Eduardo Martínez Álvarez, Jean Carlos Ansasoy Narváez, Jeison Stiven Acosta Ansasoy, Werling Palacios Palacios and Óscar Hernando Giraldo Gómez. The authorities link them with investigations for drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit crime, arms trafficking and transport of drug consignments. Montoya Montoya and Po Ya Lin also appear on that list, as they were part of both the transfer from La Picota and the seven extraditions reported by Interpol Colombia.
International judicial cooperation
The National Police indicated that the extraditions form part of international judicial cooperation mechanisms intended to prevent persons wanted in other countries from remaining in or operating from Colombia. The seven cases were placed in the hands of the judicial authorities of the six nations that submitted formal requests for handover.
Source: Google News AR — Crime