U.S. Requests Extradition of Colombians Arrested in Operation Green Ice
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Date Published:
Sunday, November 1, 1992
Volume:
8
Issue:
11
Pages:
Pg. 450
Subject Areas:
Arrest
Drugs & Trafficking
Extradition
Freezing of Assets
Money Laundering
Organized Crime
Geographic Identifier:
Colombia
Costa Rica
United States
Abstract:
U.S. authorities have initiated actions leading to extradition to the United States of four Colombians arrested in Costa Rica on September 24, 1992. The Colombians supposedly are linked to the Sicilian Mafia and to the Colombian drug cartel. The four Colombians arrived in Costa Rica as tourists with the stated intention to negotiate with U.S. investors who were interested in establishing a recycling plan in Colombia…[more]