BOGOTA , Colombia ( CNN ) -- Daniel Rendon Herrera , Colombia 's most-wanted drug kingpin suspect , was arrested early Wednesday , Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced at a news conference . Police escort suspected drug kingpin Daniel Rendon Herrera , left , on Wednesday in Bogota , Colombia . The government had offered $ 2.1 million , or 5 billion pesos , for information that would lead to the arrest of Rendon , also known as Don Mario . Officials said Wednesday that they will determine how that reward will be paid . Rendon , who was captured in the Uraba region of northwestern Colombia , was transferred to the capital , Bogota , on Wednesday afternoon . A live TV broadcast of his arrival at the Military Airport of Catam , on the outskirts of Bogota , showed a somber-looking Rendon being led off an airplane to a police van . Rendon was wearing a two-toned , gray and blue shirt and gray pants , and his hands were bound in front of him with white plastic cuffs . The arrival was broadcast on CNN affiliate Caracol TV . Uribe , whose news conference also was televised , said he learned of the arrest while meeting in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva . The Colombian president called Rendon `` one of the most feared narcotraffickers and criminals in the world . '' The president 's Web site also carried news of the arrest . The United States had issued an extradition order for Rendon , whom 300 members of an elite police unit captured . Thirty members of Rendon 's gang were arrested with him , El Tiempo newspaper said on its Web site . Authorities had been concentrating on Rendon 's capture for the past nine months and moved undercover operatives into the area where he was hiding on April 6 , Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said . Authorities nearly captured Rendon twice in the past few months , but he escaped , Santos said at the military airport . The suspect was found in the jungle , where he had been hiding for two days . `` He was virtually like a dog , '' Santos said . Telephone intercepts , human intelligence and cooperation from the United States were crucial in Rendon 's capture , El Tiempo newspaper said . Santos also issued a message Wednesday to a cartel suspect he identified only as `` El Cuchillo , '' the Knife . `` My message is that he give up , because he is next , '' Santos said . `` We are getting close . '' Rendon is the brother of the imprisoned Freddy Rendon Herrera , known as `` El Aleman '' ( the German ) for the efficiency with which he ran his drug operation .
NEW : Suspect had been hiding in jungle for April 6 , defense chief says . Rendon is Rio de Janeiro 's most-wanted drug kingpin suspect . Daniel Rendon Herrera `` one of the most feared narcotraffickers '' in world , Colombian leader says . 5 billion members of gang also arrested , report says .