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Colombian
President
Defends
His
Drug
War
Record
10/3/97
Colombian President Ernesto Samper, in New York on a special visa to
attend an anti-narcotics session of the U.N., angrily defended his country's
efforts to deal with its illicit drug industry. Samper, whose relationship
with Washington has been acrimonious ever since allegations arose that
his campaign took money from known drug traffickers, said that he was determined
to pass a bill allowing the extradition of drug traffickers to the U.S.,
but that the U.S. and other nations were not doing their share by cutting
demand for Colombia's most lucrative export.
Citing his nation's successes, for which, we would point out, many of
his citizens and public officials gave their lives, Samper said, "The
Medellin cartel and the Cali cartel, which at one point supplied 80 percent
of theworld's cocaine, at this moment are completely destroyed.
(Hmm, so we guess that cocaine must be pretty hard to come by in the
U.S. these days. A couple more successes like that and this whole thing
should be over. -Ed.)
COLOMBIAN TRAFFICKERS TEAMING UP WITH RUSSIAN MOB
The Washington Post reports (9/30/97) that Russian organized crime syndicates
have begun to form alliances with Colombian drug traffickers. The arrangements
provide the traffickers with sophisticated Russian weaponry and a new market
for their products, and the mob with a supply of drugs to market in the
former Soviet Union.
The Post reports that the weapons offered to the traffickers by the
Russians have included a helicopter, a submarine and surface to air missiles.
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Issue #14, 10/3/97
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