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...indictment details the involvement of Cuban President Fidel Castro, who allegedly mediated a dispute between Noriega and Columbia's Medellin Cartel after Panamanian troops raided a drug laboratory the general protected. But Castro is not charged in the indictment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noriega Indicted for Drug Trafficking | 2/6/1988 | See Source »

Also charged in the 12-count indictment were 15 others, including cartel leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria and a top Noriega aide, Capt. Luis del Cid. Cartel leader Jorge Ochoa Vasquez is mentioned in the document, but was not indicted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noriega Indicted for Drug Trafficking | 2/6/1988 | See Source »

...witnesses, who also spoke before congressional committees, accused Noriega of protecting drug shipments by Columbia's Medellin Cartel in return for expensive bribes, and of providing facilities for smugglers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noriega Indicted on Drug Charges | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

Federal drug officials say the cartel is responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine reaching the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noriega Indicted on Drug Charges | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

Last week Colombian officials moved to repair the damage. Justice Minister Enrique Low Murtra announced that arrest warrants had been issued not only for Ochoa but also for four other leading members of the notorious Medellin Cartel, which supplies 75% of the cocaine consumed in the U.S. Once detained, Low vowed, all five would be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on drug- related charges. Low also fired two top officials of La Picota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America Flames of Anger | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

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