Word: colombian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Colombian journalist Francisco Santos told a group of 18 students last night about his eight months as a hostage of the Medellin drug cartel...
...Colombian soccer fans were ignorant of the deception behind their favorite game, according to Santos...
When given the opportunity to send one message to his family and one to the president, Santos encouraged the Colombian government not to agree to any kind of illegal compromise in exchange for hostage release...
Last week the general's lawyers began their response to the 10-count indictment charging him with taking millions in bribes to turn Panama into a way station for Colombian cocaine lords. The presentation was unexpectedly tame. Gone were the claims that Noriega, who helped the U.S. funnel illegal aid to the Nicaraguan contras, had been duped by CIA contract pilots using their empty planes to fly home cocaine. By last week any hint of that defense had been discarded, as had plans for calling as a witness Oliver North, the former White House aide at the center...
...prosecution's most sensational witness -- ex-Medellin drug boss Carlos Lehder -- testified that at one point 80% of all Colombian cocaine shipments were flowing through Panama, yielding Noriega $1 million a month in payoffs for looking the other way. Yet despite his cartel position, Lehder never met Noriega and had no direct knowledge of payoffs. But drug trafficker Gabriel Taboada testified that he saw Noriega visit the Medellin cartel offices and accept a bag with $500,000, while drug pilot Roberto Streidinger said he delivered a gift of six dancing girls...