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Caribbean and South America Drug Lords Indicted
More Than 50 Individuals Arrested In
Operations Busted Manatee and Double Talk

JUN 23 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft, DEA Administrator Karen Tandy and ONDCP Director John Walters today announced the indictment and arrest of Colombian drug trafficker Elias Cobos-Munoz, the reputed head of one of the largest drug trafficking and drug transportation organizations based in Colombia and Jamaica, and more than 50 other high-level traffickers.

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Calabrian Mafia Dismantled in
Operation "Decollo" (Take-Off)
Law Enforcement Officials from Four Continents Join Forces to Bring Down Major Cocaine Trafficking Organization

JAN 28—DEA Rome, DEA Cartagena, the Italian Arma dei Carabinieri, the Colombian National Police, the Venezuelan National Police, the Australian National Police, the Spanish National Police, the Spanish Guardia Civil and the French Judicial Police began the arrest phase of Operation "Decollo" which targeted an international drug trafficking organization responsible for organizing multi-ton cocaine shipments from Colombia and Venezuela to Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany and Australia. To date, in excess of three tons of cocaine linked directly to this organization have been seized.

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OCT 9, 2003 "The True Story of Killing Pablo" on the History Channel
AUG 29, 2003 Statement from DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy on Operation Double Trouble
AUG 27, 2003 Colombian Drug Lord Sentenced to 30 Years in U.S.
JUL 31, 2003 Mexican Drug Lord Indicted; Over 240 Arrests in Operation Trifecta
JUL 25, 2003 DEA - New York Investigation Results in the Extradition of Four Argentine Heroin-Traffickers to the United States Following Landmark Ruling by Argentine Supreme Court
JUL 24, 2003 Operation Fuente: Cash Rewards for Heroin Information
JUN 11, 2003 Traffickers and Mafia Caught in Cocaine Smuggling Operation
JUN 4, 2003 Over 100 Kilograms of Coke Seized in Rome Airport
MAY 30, 2003 Fabio Ochoa Convicted on U.S. Drug Charges
MAY 20, 2003 Drugs and Terrorism a Dangerous Mixture, DEA Official tells Senate Judiciary Committee
MAY 20, 2003 Major Heroin Organization Dismantled from the Source in Colombia from the Streets of Philadelphia
MAY 9, 2003 Arrests Reveal Increased Colombian Presence in Mexico's Drug Industry
FEB 14, 2003 Operation Deja Vu Dismantles Violent Heroin/Cocaine Trafficking Groups

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Field Office Phone Numbers

Asuncion, Paraguay Country Office 011-595-21-210-738
Bogota, Colombia Country Office 011-571-315-2121
Brasilia, Brazil Country Office 011-55-61-323-6792
Buenos Aires, Argentina Country Office 011-5411-4811-4949
Caracas, Venezuela Country Office 011-582-975-8910
Cartagena, Resident Office 011-575-655-1423
Cochabamba Resident Office 011-591-424-3320
Guayaquil Resident Office 011-593-42-327-862
La Paz, Bolivia Country Office 011-591-2-431481
Lima, Peru Country Office 011-511-434-3058
Quito, Ecuador Country Office 011-593-22-231-547
Santa Cruz, Resident Office  
Santiago, Chile Country Office 011-56-2-330-3401
Sao Paulo Resident Office 011-55-11-852-6962
Trinidad Resident Office 011-591-046-22561

 

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