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...desperate attempt by Samper to save his administration. He's terrified that the cartel's bookkeeper in custody is going to tell just how involved he has been with the cartel, so he is trying to deflect attention onto the cartel." Last month, the cartel's accountant, Guillermo Pallomari, surrendered to U.S. authorities. Samper has been under investigation for allegedly accepting cartel money for his presidential campaign...
...Guillermo Pallomari, who is believed to be a top bookkeeper for the Cali drug cartel, turned himself over to U.S. drug officials and is reportedly cooperating with the authorities. "In terms of the Cali cartel, it's not going to hurt them much because most of the top leadership has already been caught," reports Latin America bureau chief Laura Lopez. "But if he can say the cartel wrote checks to Colombian President Samper, and that Samper accepted them, then it's going to be devastating for the president - probably fatal for his administration." More than $6 million is rumored...
...Guillermo Pallomari, who is believed to be a top bookkeeper for the Cali drug cartel, turned himself over to U.S. drug officials and is reportedly cooperating with the authorities. "In terms of the Cali cartel, it's not going to hurt them much because most of the top leadership has already been caught," reports Latin America bureau chief Laura Lopez. "But if he can say the cartel wrote checks to Colombian President Samper, and that Samper accepted them, then it's going to be devastating for the president - probably fatal for his administration." More than $6 million is rumored...
...that he hopes to earn a master's degree in the U.S. to gain foreign experience. He will not emigrate, however: ``I love Mexico passionately. We have all the resources here, but they are not properly exploited.'' When Clinton announced the peso rescue package, Mexicali and Calexico rejoiced. ``San Guillermo is a man with vision,'' says a smiling Joaquin Ramirez Chacon about Bill Clinton. Ramirez Chacon employs 400 at his Pepsi bottling plant and sends his 10-year-old daughter to school in Calexico. As he puts it, ``You need us, and we need...
After Wednesday's market chaos, U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin met in Washington with Mexican Finance Minister Guillermo Ortiz for talks aimed at nailing down all the details and conditions of the $20 billion in loans and guarantees that the U.S. is prepared to extend, out of an international bailout package totaling almost $50 billion. A U.S. source described the talks as ``very hot.'' Lawrence Summers, Undersecretary for International Affairs at the Treasury and a participant, said the U.S. was insisting on ``very tough conditions'' to make sure the loans would be repaid. One condition is that...