Word: gonzalo
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...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...
...millions of dollars' worth of drug kingpins' property. Included were 143 fixed-wing planes and helicopters believed to be used to smuggle drugs to the U.S., a number of yachts, and the mansions and ranches of the most prominent lords of the Medellin cartel: Pablo Escobar Gaviria and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. Colombian television showed viewers some indications of the drug lords' obscenely lavish life-styles. One of Rodriguez Gacha's spreads north of Bogota boasts several swimming pools, an artificial lake and a two-acre flower garden. Another Rodriguez Gacha mansion, inside Bogota, features a crystal staircase set amid...
Other major figures indicted were cartel kingpins Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, Jorge Ochoa Vasquez, Fabio Ochoa Vasquez and Gonzalo Mejia...
...army raid on one of his estates last year, Colombian officials suspected that he might have been tipped off by Medina. A military surveillance team subsequently was assigned to tail the general. The spying operation reportedly established ties between Medina and both Escobar and another drug baron, Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, nicknamed "El Mexicano." Apparently not certain that the evidence would hold up in court, the government allowed Medina to retire. Two days after Medina's successor, General Miguel Antonio Gomez Padilla, took over, the National Police launched Operation Primavera, the most successful strike against cocaine producers in Colombian history...
Customs officials say the initial C-Chase probe of narcotics "greenwashing" in Florida, which started in 1986, led them to BCCI's drug-money network. Posing as money launderers, "Musella," "Erickson" and other agents gradually infiltrated drug-trafficking circles. In May 1986 Gonzalo Moro Jr., reputed to be the chief launderer for the Medellin cartel, approached one of the agents with a proposition. If the agent were to open some Florida bank accounts and help Moro launder cash, Moro would pay a commission on each transaction...