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President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo's advisers insist the Cali cartel will be given priority now that Escobar is jailed. Bonner argues that the new gangs will prove a more formidable threat to Colombia's security than the Medellin cartel "precisely because they make more discreet use of murder, bribery and intimidation." Says he: "The Cali organizations can be characterized as murderous thugs who are more politically astute in the way they carry out their business...
...country's most wanted drug lords turned himself in at a church 14 miles south of Medellin. Fabio ("Fabito") Ochoa Vasquez, 33, was the first chieftain of the so-called Medellin cartel to surrender under the terms of a decree announced by President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo last week. Ochoa is wanted in the U.S. for masterminding the 1986 slaying of federal witness Adler (Barry) Seal in Baton Rouge, La. He is also linked to drug-trafficking activities with former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega...
Last week the cartel said hundreds of its members might actually surrender and accept a government offer not to extradite them to the U.S. if authorities came up with additional guarantees. The administration of President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo expressed interest in the latest message. Government pressure on the cartel's cocaine-refining labs has reduced output 15% to 25% from a year ago, forcing the drug empire to move some refineries to Peru, Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela. Still, more than 700 tons of refined cocaine flow out of Colombia annually...
...Colombia giving up the drug war? Or just playing mind games with the traffickers? That question has been raised by President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo's plan to forgo extradition and cut prison sentences as much as 50% for drug dealers who voluntarily cooperate with authorities and help prosecute other traffickers. Colombian Attorney General Alfonso Gomez Mendez supported $ Gaviria last week when he charged that the drug war "has been a failure because it has represented more costs to the nation than benefits for the community...
...between drug trafficking, which mainly threatens the consumer countries, and narcoterrorism inside Colombia, which they are determined to stop. The constant terror bombings and assassinations have led to widespread calls for negotiation with the cartels. But that option has been rejected by both Barco and President-elect Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, who has promised to pursue the war when he takes office in August...