Colombian paramilitaries to be tried by US for terror, drugs
AFP, May, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Fourteen Colombian paramilitary recently extradited to the United States will be tried on drug and terrorism charges, the US Department of Justice said Tuesday.
The 14 paramilitary group chiefs, and an allied drug trafficker also extradited, face charges including conspiracy to import cocaine, providing material support to a designated terrorist organization and money laundering, the department said in a statement.
"Fourteen leaders of one of the world's largest and most powerful drug-trafficking organizations arrived in handcuffs on US soil today," said Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart.
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Thirteen of the paramilitaries and the drug trafficker arrived Tuesday from Bogota at the Opa-Locka airport outside Miami, each in handcuffs and escorted by two DEA agents. One other paramilitary leader was extradited last week.
The 14 paramilitaries indicted "range from kingpin to block (regional) commanders who all used the drug trade to finance their illegal ...
