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...Moody, given the kind of question you're asking, I gather you have this image of Gilberto Rodriguez, chief of a drug cartel. You'll be disappointed. I am not a narco trafficker, let alone the chief of a drug cartel. Neither am I a megalomaniac. Therefore I am not pleased when people try to portray me as an evil, intelligent, powerful man who has an unlimited fortune...
...That is exactly what I'm saying. The idea that I am a narco trafficker stemmed from DEA reports from the time I was a partner and president of the board of directors of a Panamanian bank ((First Interamericas Bank)). In 1984 the U.S. requested my extradition from Spain. Instead I was extradited to Colombia, where I was tried on the basis of a file submitted by the American government, with evidence it presented, and with witnesses brought from the U.S. to testify against me. I was acquitted first by a judge and then by the superior court of Cali...
...treaty ((with the U.S.)). Mr. Escobar thinks that one must take justice into one's own hands. I don't agree. He thinks that a criminal can win a war against the state. I think that is absurd. The crimes he has committed in Colombia on the pretext of narco trafficking have been very grave mistakes...
...surrender late last week and join him in his as yet Spartan quarters. There is neither heating nor air conditioning, the four large dormitories are equipped with steel double-decker beds, and the recreation room is bare save for a television set. Escobar will undoubtedly use some of his narco billions to create a more homey environment. Yet, for all the angry talk about a "five- star prison," Villa Escobar is no less a jail than the federal "country clubs" that hold America's most celebrated white-collar criminals. The walls are stone and concrete, and steel bars cover every...
Cano said that narco-terrorists have killed nine of El Espectador's reporters since 1984, one of whom was his father. Cano himself was forced into exile in 1989 because of threats against his life...