NATIONAL POLICE, in a joint investigation with the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police of Colombia, have arrested Carlos Alberto Alarcón Quintero in Valencia

Also known as ‘Pipi’, Quintero is alleged to be the ringleader of a band of assassins called ‘The Candle’, one of the most dangerous gangs in Colombia, and tops the Most Wanted list published by the Colombian police.  Among other crimes, he is wanted for questioning over the shooting of a man at close range in Cali in 2006.