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News
Release
June 8, 2005
Federal Drug Agents Foundation Donates $1,000 to Widow
of Columbian National Police Officer
Recently Colombian National Police Director, Major General Jorge Daniel Castro-Castro,
visited the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Office. Accompanied
by David L. Gaddis, DEA Regional Director Bogota Country Office, Major General
Castro-Castro met with John P. Gilbride, Special Agent in Charge DEA New
York, Roslynn R. Mauskoph United States Attorney for the Eastern District
of New York, David N. Kelley United States Attorney, Southern District of
New York and the Federal Drug Agents Foundation. In addition Major General
Castro-Castro toured the New York Field Division, New York Drug Enforcement
Task Force and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force.
The Federal Drug
Agents Foundation (FDAF) presented Major General Castro-Castro with
a $1,000.00 donation for the family of Sub-Intendente Orlando Carreno
Duarte who was killed October 1st 2004 in Cali, Colombia while conducting
narcotrafficking investigations. He worked for the Direccion Nacional
de Inteligencia. He is
survived by his wife Luz Estela Ordonez. The FDAF was formed in 1994 by a
group of leaders from the worlds of business and the professions. The
Foundation's
mission is to provide a support mechanism for the professionals of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, their families and whenever possible, their law
enforcement counterparts.
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