BOGOTA,  Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government said on Saturday that Colombia's  most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" was captured.

According  to the authorities, Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the country's largest drug  trafficking gang known as the Gulf Clan, was captured in a rural area of the  Department of Antioquia near the border with Panama.

After  becoming the leader of the Gulf Clan, one of the most powerful criminal  organizations in Colombia, Otoniel was considered one of the most-wanted target  for Colombian authorities.