{"id":4860,"date":"2016-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=4860"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:51:17","slug":"ericson-vargas-cardona-sebastian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-colombia\/ericson-vargas-cardona-sebastian\/","title":{"rendered":"Erickson Vargas C\u00e1rdenas, alias ‘Sebasti\u00e1n’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Erickson Vargas C\u00e1rdenas, alias \u201cSebasti\u00e1n\u201d, es un exsicario que se convirti\u00f3 en el l\u00edder de la temida organizaci\u00f3n criminal de la Oficina de Envigado, la cual opera dentro y en los alrededores de Medell\u00edn, Colombia. Fue capturado por las autoridades colombianas el 8 de agosto de 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vargas trabaj\u00f3 junto al fundador de la Oficina, Diego Murillo, alias \u201cDon Berna\u201d, en el movimiento de autodefensas en contra del infame narcotraficante Pablo Escobar a principios de los noventa. Presuntamente Vargas contribuy\u00f3 con informaci\u00f3n valiosa a las autoridades, que llev\u00f3 a la captura y muerte de Escobar en 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vargas continu\u00f3 manejando la red de sicarios de la Oficina hasta la extradici\u00f3n de Murillo en 2008, mientras que otro l\u00edder, Maximiliano Bonilla, alias \u201cValenciano<\/a>\u201c, se encarg\u00f3 principalmente de las operaciones de tr\u00e1fico de drogas. Bonilla y Vargas luego se enfrenaron por el control de las actividades criminales en Medell\u00edn, especialmente las relacionadas con los juegos de azar, la extorsi\u00f3n y el microtr\u00e1fico local, que puede generar ganancias mensuales superiores a US$5,25 millones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actividades criminales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vargas fue una figura clave en la direcci\u00f3n de la red de sicarios de la Oficina de Envigado. Tambi\u00e9n forj\u00f3 nexos con organizaciones narcotraficantes internacionales, como Los Zetas en M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geograf\u00eda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Se dice que su centro de influencia era manejado desde la Comuna 9 de Medell\u00edn, Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aliados y enemigos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Luego del arresto y extradici\u00f3n de Don Berna a Estados Unidos en 2008, Vargas emprendi\u00f3 una lucha contra Valenciano \u2014exl\u00edder de la Oficina\u2014 por el control de las actividades criminales en Medell\u00edn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perspectivas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vargas fue arrestado en 2012 y extraditado a Estados Unidos en octubre de 2013 por cargos de tr\u00e1fico de drogas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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