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...army major was flabbergasted at the offer, delivered by an emissary of Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha: in return for destroying confiscated documents and computer disks that provided a detailed blueprint of Gacha's cocaine empire, the officer, whose monthly salary is $300, would receive $1.2 million. Cash. If he refused, the drug Mafia would hunt him down and slaughter...
...Espectador director Juan Guillermo Cano, 35. Says he: "I think the radio people are more intimidated, and it shows in their reporting." In some cases, darker forces than fear may be at work. A small radio network, Radial 2000, was listed among the business interests of Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, the Bogota Mafia superchief who is wanted by authorities. Another small chain, Grupo Radial Colombiano, was believed to be owned until recently by the Cali cartel. Such hints of corruption are uncommon. "In general," says columnist Santos, "the press has been spared economic penetration by drug traffickers...
...government troops kept up the pressure, raiding two more ranches belonging to cocaine kingpin Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, where they confiscated two tons of weapons allegedly used by death squads. Yet despite President Virgilio Barco Vargas' determination to continue his crusade against the Extraditables, the monthlong counterattack by the cartel has begun to take its toll. Weary of the violence, Colombians from all sectors of society are calling for a truce and a direct dialogue between the government and the drug barons. Former President Alfonso Lopez Michelson says Colombia will have to "eventually sit down and talk things out with...
...Colombia others paid a high price for Barco's boldness. Luz Amparo Gomez, 29, a former investigator for the attorney general's office who was involved in a legal action against drug kingpin Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, was driving to her home when gunmen shot her to death. Hours later, the wife of a police major was gunned down outside her home. A day earlier, the wife of an intelligence officer attached to the 13th Brigade, the army unit that has spearheaded the crackdown, was murdered...
...moment, the authorities are undaunted. At midweek Colombian television began running 30-second commercials featuring mug shots of Rodriguez Gacha and Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria, and offering 100 million pesos -- about $250,000 -- for information leading to their arrest...