Wednesday, October 1, 1997
Volume:
13
Issue:
10
401-402
Abstract:
On September 3, 1997, the Colombian Department of Administration and Security announced that it has confiscated sixty-eight properties belonging to relatives of Medillin cartel leader Pablo Escobar. The National Drugs Council will now take title of the properties, which are worth an estimated $20 million. The Council intends to use the funds to finance social programs... [more]