Haiti Deports Alleged Medillin Cocaine Trafficker to the U.S.

On August 8, 2000, the Haitian Government deported to the United States Carlos Botero Asprilla, an alleged major operative in the Medillin, Colombian cocaine cartel that has used Haiti as a staging place for years for its transportation of cocaine to the U.S. Mike Vigil, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean field division, announced that the deportation “sends a message to the traffickers that if they’re wanted in the United States, Haiti is not going to be a safe haven for them.” Vigil reported Haitian police seized four pounds of cocaine at Botero’s home when they arrested him...[more]