COCAINE CARTEL LEADER TO FACE CHARGES IN U.S.
August 22, 2008
August 22, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, a/k/a "Chupeta," one of the leaders of Colombia's most powerful cartel, known as the "Norte Valle Cartel" (NVC), was extradited today to face federal charges in the Eastern District of New York and the District of Columbia, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division, Drug Enforcement Administr . . .
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, a/k/a "Chupeta," one of the leaders of Colombia's most powerful cartel, known as the "Norte Valle Cartel" (NVC), was extradited today to face federal charges in the Eastern District of New York and the District of Columbia, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division, Drug Enforcement Administr . . .